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Myosotis asiatica (alpine forget me not; Asian forget-me-not)

Synonyms: Myosotis alpestris; Myosotis alpestris alpestris; Myosotis alpestris asiatica; Myosotis sylvatica alpestris

Wikipedia Abstract

Myosotis alpestris or Alpine Forget-me-not is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Myosotis. The Alpine Forget-me-not is the county flower of Westmorland in the United Kingdom and the state flower of Alaska. It grows well throughout Alaska in open, rocky places high in the mountains, flowering in midsummer.
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Attributes

Height [3]  7 inches (0.2 m)
Width [3]  11 inches (0.3 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry
Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue
Flower Color [1]  Blue
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Flies, Lepidoptera
Scent [3]  The flowers are deliciously fragrant in the evening and night time though there is little or no scent in the daytime;
Structure [2]  Herb
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Basegi Zapovednik Ia 93739 Perm, Russia
Ben Lawers 12423 Scotland, United Kingdom
Berchtesgaden Alps National Park II 51433 Germany
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Ib 2823882 Alaska, United States
Caenlochan 12860 Scotland, United Kingdom
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve 144772 Ukraine  
Galichia Gora Zapovednik Ia 568 Lipetsk, Russia
Gates of the Arctic National Park Ib 184461 Alaska, United States
Ivvavik National Park II 2382752 Yukon, Canada
Katunsky Biosphere Reserve 393162 Altai, Russia
Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 692723 Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia
Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve II 5463436 Yukon, Canada
Kobuk Valley National Park Ib 1576553 Alaska, United States
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Laplandskiy Biosphere Reserve 757114 Russia  
Moor House – Upper Teesdale 95867 England, United Kingdom
Nahanni National Park Reserve II 1309627 Northwest Territories, Canada
Noatak Biosphere Reserve 7500143 Alaska, United States  
North Pennine Moors 254789 England, United Kingdom
Ostrov Vrangelya (Wrangel Island) Zapovednik Nature Monument III 180 Russia    
Parco Naturale Adamello 53676 Italy  
Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 239938 Colorado, United States
Sitka National Historical Park   Alaska, United States
Taimyrsky Biosphere Reserve Ia 4403240 Taimyr, Russia
Vuntut National Park II 1076795 Yukon, Canada
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Emblem of

Alaska

Predators

Ceutorhynchus geographicus <Unverified Name>[5]
Longitarsus exoletus <Unverified Name>[5]

Distribution

Bassegi Zapovednik; North America;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., 08-Dec-2011, ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility ♦ Natura 2000, UK data: © Crown copyright and database right [2010] All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100017955
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