Myosotis sylvatica
Hoffm.
Forget-me-not
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are added to salads as a garnish and are also candied. The shoots and leaves are eaten in salads.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp and shady places. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Chile, Eswatini, Europe, Korea, Luxembourg, Pakistan, Slovenia, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America, Swaziland, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye,
How to Identify
A small herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are simple or branched and 15-50 cm high. The leaves at the base are 10-20 mm long by 1-10 mm wide. Leaves on the stems are 20-40 mm long by 1-15 mm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Myosotis sylvatica, the wood forget-me-not or woodland forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe. This spring-flowering plant and its cultivars, typically with blue flowers, are the familiar forget-me-nots of gardens.
Names & Synonyms
Gozdna spominčica
References (5)
- Curtis, W.M., 1993, The Student's Flora of Tasmania. Part 3 St David's Park Publishing, Tasmania, p 493
- Deutschl. Fl. 61. 1791
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 51
- http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
