Myosotis alpestris (alpine forget-me-not, "Noharawasurenagusa")

Japanese name: ノハラワスレナグサ （野原勿忘草、野原忘れな草）
Scientific name: Myosotis alpestris

[Overview]
A perennial 20–45 cm tall.
The whole plant is hairy.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves, both simple and entire.
The stem leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, about 8 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm wide.
The basal leaves and the leaves on the lower part of the stem have petioles.
The flowers are borne in scorpioid inflorescences.
The corolla is blue and 5-lobed.
The fruit is a schizocarp (splitting into mericarps).

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