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Myosotis asiatica

Asian Forget-me-not · Alpine Forget-me-not · Mountain Forget-me-not

Family BoraginaceaeGenus Myosotis

Small five-petalled flowers of intense blue with pale yellow eyes, clustered on short stalks above hairy leaves on bare grit.
FlowerCaleb CattoCC BY 4.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
BlueRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, British Columbia, China North-Central and elsewhereGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The Asian forget-me-not is the only forget-me-not native to Alaska, where the forget-me-not is the official state flower. It grows throughout the state in open, rocky places high in the mountains. Wikipedia: Myosotis asiatica

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 30, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 6 days to germinate.

84% germination in 4–6 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Myosotis p. 180Public domain
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Myosotis (Boraginaceae). M. asiatica germ 70(84% largely in 4-6 d) and 40(35% in 1-9 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Myosotis p. 180. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around February 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 63 days.

35% germination in 7–63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Myosotis p. 180Public domain
Show the original text
Myosotis (Boraginaceae). M. asiatica germ 70(84% largely in 4-6 d) and 40(35% in 1-9 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Myosotis p. 180. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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