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Myosotis ramosissima (Early Forget-me-not) |
Myosotis ramosissima (BORAGINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Myosotis ramosissima Rochel
Published in Osterreichs Fl. ed. 2, 1: 366 (1814) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Boraginaceae
Juss. (The Borage Family)
16 species from the Boraginaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Early Forget-me-not | Maltese name(s) : | Widnet il-ġurdien | Status for Malta : | Doubtful origin. It is not yet established if this species is native or not) | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-May | Colour of Flowers: | Blue |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry places |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual. Stem up to 40 cm. Rosette-leaves up to 4 x 1 cm, lanceolate, obtuse; leaves with soft, patent straight hairs. Stem soft, at base with patent, above with appressed, straight hairs. Inflorescence lax, ebracteate; pedicels in fruit scarcely longer than calyx, patent, more or less straight. Calyx up to 4 mm in fruit, divided to ½, half-open, with many, often deflexed hooked hairs at the base, deciduous. Limb of corolla up to 3 mm in diameter, saucer-shaped, bright blue. Nutlets 1.2 x 0.7 mm, brown, without rim; attachment-area usually filled with spongy tissue. |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe except the extreme north |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All Europe except the Azores, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az dAz(M) Be(B L) -Bl Bl(M) Br Bu By Ca(C H P T) Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Es Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(S) Hu IJ dIs It La LS Lt Lu Ma Md(M) Mo No Po Rf(C E K NW S) Rm Sa -Si(M) Si(S) Sk Sl Sn Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) |
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