Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Myosotis > Myosotis discolorMyosotis discolor (changing forget-me-not; yellowandblue forget-me-not)Synonyms: Myosotis fallacina; Myosotis scorpioides var. collina; Myosotis versicolor var. minor Myosotis discolor is a species of forget-me-not known by the common name changing forget-me-not. It is native to Europe, and it can also be found throughout eastern and western North America, where it is an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides. It is a hairy annual or perennial herb growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with a slender, sometimes branching, erect stem. The sparse linear, lance-shaped, or oblong leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and under a centimeter wide. They are coated in straight hairs. The inflorescence is a coiled or curved array of tiny hairy flowers at the top of the stem. The flower is yellow when new and turns blue with maturity. |
Height [1] | 10 inches (.25 m) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Lifespan [1] | Annual | Structure [3] | Herb | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Mostly Infertile | Soil Moisture [2] | Moist |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berwyn a Mynyddoedd de Clwyd/ Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains |
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67265 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Black Wood of Rannoch |
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2720 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Bord nord du bassin de la Haine (Beloeil; Bernissart; Saint-Ghislain) |
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5468 |
Belgium |
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Bottendorfer Hügel |
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329 |
Germany |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dickkopf - Bendeleber Forst - NSG Gatterberge |
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3030 |
Germany |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Erdfälle um Liebenrode, Seelöcher und Ketterlöcher |
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82 |
Germany |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fannich Hills |
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23816 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Fluten von Arnsnesta |
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280 |
Germany |
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Foinaven |
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36684 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve |
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15815 |
Oregon, United States |
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Haut-Pays des Honnelles (Honnelles; Quiévrain) |
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1435 |
Belgium |
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Haute vallée de l'Eau Noire (Chimay; Couvin) |
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2357 |
Belgium |
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Haute-Lesse (Bertrix; Daverdisse; Libin; Paliseul) |
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945 |
Belgium |
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Hoy |
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23474 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lago Puelo National Park |
II |
47607 |
Chubut, Argentina |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt |
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49343 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Monti Lepini |
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115954 |
Italy |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve |
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293047 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahuel Huapi National Park |
II |
759703 |
Argentina |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Oberlausitzer Heide - und Teichlandschaft Nature Reserve |
IV |
32467 |
Germany |
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Ostertal |
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1127 |
Germany |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Seeberg - Siebleber Teich |
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1436 |
Germany |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Uist Machair |
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8482 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Südteil des Nohfeldener Rhyolith-Massivs |
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1087 |
Germany |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tingon |
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1407 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Vallée de la Chinelle (Florennes; Philippeville) |
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2267 |
Belgium |
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Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods |
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829 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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