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§1 Plant
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh.
vernacular woodland forget-me-not — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Myosotis
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 86 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 86 counties across 17 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MYSY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5341175 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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