Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Marsh Forget Me Not

Myosotis scorpioides - Uncommon, late spring-early summer, perennial, 8-24 in. Upright from creeping stems and stolons. Stem unbranched, leafy, covered with sharp rigid hairs pressed against surface. Leaves oblong to elliptic, covered with rigid hairs; lower leaves narrow to winged petioles; upper leaves sessile. Many flowers spread out on leafless stem top that uncoils and lengthens with blooming. Flowers small, blue with a conspicuous yellow eye, five rounded lobes. Grows in shallow standing water, stream edges, at low to mid elevations.