Forget-me-not (Myosotis) identified by gardeners with the plant identification tool

Forget-me-not (Myosotis) identified by gardeners with the plant identification tool
(photo by: theManicGardener)
Status: Waiting for identification
Number of comments: 7
Note: I asked about this plant in the general gardening forum, having lost track of this page, so if you think you're seeing double, or if you get deja vu when you to there from here (or here from there), well--that's why.

it turned up in a part of my Montana garden that's been under a double layer of plastic until two days ago, so it's had much more warmth than anything else around.

I think it resembles stock, but I have a suspicion that it's going to develop skimpy white flower clusters, not nice full ones. Does anyone know, or do I have to wait till one of these blooms?

Thanks!
--Kate

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some sort of nicotiana?

Anonymous on 5/9/2008 9:00:12 AM

If it has been lost for a while maybe it has matured. Does it have any flowers on it now? Flowers make the identification a lot easier.
Cheers :)

sherryl on 5/9/2008 9:01:12 AM

Gosh, you know, it's that leaves issue again. When I searched nicotiana and their leaves, some were smooth edged, some weren't. Some were dark, some weren't. I think this is a fairly young plant and that may be why the leaves are such a bright green. In other words nicotiana is as good a guess as any. Hopefully we'll nail this one!

sherryl on 5/9/2008 9:15:10 AM

Hey there, I do believe it is a kind of "forget-me-not", in the Borraginaceae. Check to see if the flower buds are held in a sort of spiral (helicoid cyme). When they bloom they'll be 5 small petals of a pale lilac colour which become more pink with time. Ive got them coming up all over the garden right now. And I m pretty sure thats what yours is. I guess they are garden 'weeds' but, they sure can be pretty.

Anonymous on 5/9/2008 10:22:37 AM

I looked into it a bit more... Im thinking Myosotis maybe M. arvensis.

Anonymous on 5/9/2008 10:29:25 AM

I think I agree with both of you since Forget-me-not's are the common name for Myosotis. I find it to be more suitable than the Nicotiana. Do you think we've solved this one folks?

sherryl on 5/9/2008 10:46:27 AM

Thanks, everyone! I'm leaniing towards the Borroginaceae, maybe Lappula occidentalis (western stickweed) which looks awfully familiar, and is listed on a Montana Plant Life site. (I'm in Bozeman.) I'm going to let one of these babies flower, and then get serious.
Kate

theManicGardener on 5/13/2008 5:27:10 PM

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