Alpine Forget-me-not
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Common Name: Alpine Forget-me-not
Family: Borage - Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: alpestris
Date Taken: 09/07/2012
Altitude: 2670m
Area: Valais
Walking Notes: Trockener Steg to end of rock beyond Gandegg Hut, descent to Furi
Location: Taken between Trockener Steg and Furi
Flower Notes: 5-15 cm tall; with coarse hairs; leaves lanceolate; corolla with short tube and flat spreading lobes, 5-7mm across, blue with yellow scales at the entrance to the throat; fruit segments obtuse. Grasslands, stabilised scree, stony medium soils, 1600-2900m, flowering time 6-8. Common. Very similar to King of the Alps but taller and unlike Alpine Forget-me-not has one leaf at the base of each flower, and fruits with winged and toothed margins.