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Myosotis alpestris

F.W. Schmidt

Alpine Forget-me-not

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1354260

Element CodePDBOR0P0F0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderLamiales

FamilyBoraginaceae

GenusMyosotis

Synonyms

Myosotis alpestris ssp. asiaticaVesterg.

Other Common Names

Asian forget-me-not (EN) Myosotis alpin (FR)

Concept Reference

Hitchcock, C.L., and A. Cronquist. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An illustrated manual. Edited by D.E. Giblin, B. S. Legler, P.F. Zika, and R. G. Olmstead. 2nd edition. Univ. Washington Press, Seattle. xiii + 822 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Hitchcock and Cronquist (2018) recognize Myosotis alpestris in place of M. asiatica (=Myosotis alpestris ssp. asiatica).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-16

Change Date2004-04-21

Edition Date2004-04-21

Edition AuthorsMaybury, K.

Rank Reasons

A circumpolar species; in North America in Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia into the western District of Mackenzie, and southwards in subalpine and alpine situations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Common in the Yukon and northern British Columbia, and Alaska. Found in moist montane and alpine meadows, moist tundra, streambanks, late snow patches, etc.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaNNR

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNR	Yes
Yukon Territory	SNR	Yes
Northwest Territories	SNR	Yes
Alberta	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Proposed Line Creek Prna	Custer National Forest	389

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hurricane Creek	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	1,606

Wyoming (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Beartooth Proposed Wilderness	Shoshone National Forest	16,837

References (5)

Cody, W.J. 1996. The flora of the Yukon Territory. National Research Council of Canada Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. 643 pp.
Douglas, G. W., G. B. Straley, D. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, editors. 1998. The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. Volume 2. Dicotyledons (Balsaminaceae through Cuscutaceae). British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria.
Hitchcock, C.L., and A. Cronquist. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An illustrated manual. Edited by D.E. Giblin, B. S. Legler, P.F. Zika, and R. G. Olmstead. 2nd edition. Univ. Washington Press, Seattle. xiii + 822 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Porsild, A.E., and W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum Natural Sciences, National Museums Canada, Ottawa. 667 pp.