Forget-Me-Nots, Myosotis L.


This flower was found at the Antrim Park.

It is on page 194 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.

Common name Forget-Me-Nots or Scorpion grasses. Scientific name: Myosotis L.

Corolla: 5 fused petals

Calyx: 5 halfway fused sepals.

Adroecium: 5 separate stamens.

Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 2)

Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous.

Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).

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