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infestation (Photo: Trevor James)

habit (Photo: Trevor James)

lower leaves (Photo: Trevor James)

close-up of stem and upper leaf (Photo: Trevor James)

flowers (Photo: Trevor James)

close-up of coiled flower cluster with immature fruit (Photo: Trevor James)

young plant (Photo: Trevor James)

Myosotis laxa subsp. caespitosa

Scientific Name

Myosotis laxa Lehm. subsp. caespitosa (Schultz) Hyl. ex Nordh.

Synonyms

Myosotis caespitosa Schultz

Family

Boraginaceae

Common Names

bay forget-me-not, forget-me-not, small forget-me-not, smaller forget-me-not, tufted forget-me-not, water forget-me-not

Origin

Native to Europe.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in south-eastern Australia (i.e. in Tasmania, many parts of Victoria, the ACT and eastern New South Wales).

Notes

Water forget-me-not (Myosotis laxa subsp. caespitosa) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, where it is seen as a serious threat to one or more vegetation formations.