| Small-Flowered Forget-Me-Not |
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| Original date | 6/15/14 12:34 PM |
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| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
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| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
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Botanical name: Myosotis stricta Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Myosotis micrantha, Myosotis arenaria, Myosotis vestita
Synonyms: Myosotis micrantha, Myosotis arenaria, Myosotis vestita
Small-Flowered Forget-Me-Not is probably the
tiniest Forget-Me-Not like plant in the Himalayas. It is an annual herb
up to 30 cm tall. Stems are several to many, branched, covered with
spreading unequal hairs up to 0.5 mm long. Basal leaves are 1-3 cm
long, 4-8 mm wide, oblong to spoon-shaped, covered on both surfaces
with nearly erect hairs up to 1 mm long. Upper stem leaves are smaller,
ovate-lanceshaped, upper surface more densely hairy than lower ones.
Inflorescence is up to 18 cm in fruit, lax. Flower-stalks are up to 2.5
mm long in fruit, not reflexed. Sepal cup is about 2 mm, half divided
into linear-lanceshaped sepals, covered with hairs. Flowers are blue,
limb 2-3 mm broad, with spreading petals. Nutlets are ovate, 1.4 mm
long, smooth, shiny, light brown, areola minute. Small-Flowered
Forget-Me-Not is found in N. Africa, Europe, Turkey, Syria, Iran,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and W Himalayas, at altitudes of
2100-3300 m. Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Varun Sharma | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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