PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / BORAGINALES / BORAGINACEAE / BORAGINOIDEAE / CYNOGLOSSEAE / MYOSOTIS / ARVENSIS

Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill
Naturalised Invasive
Morphological description

Biennial. Stem up to 60 cm, robust, often much-branched at the base. Basal leaves up to 8 x 1.5 cm, oblanceolate, not distinctly petiolate. Leafy part of stem with patent hairs, the leafless part with appressed, straight hairs. Inflorescence ebracteate; pedicels directed upwards in fruit, the lowest up to 1 cm, becoming shorter above. Calyx up to 7 mm in fruit, closed, with many patent, hooked hairs especially at its base, deciduous. Limb of corolla c. 3 mm in diameter, saucer-shaped, bright blue. Nutlets up to 2.5 x 1.2 mm, greenish-black to black, pointed, with a rim; attachment-area small. From: Grau, HRJ; Merxmuller, H. 1972. Myosotis. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters & DA Webb (eds). Fl. Eur. 3: 111-117. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [This material cannot be reproduced; shared; altered; or exploited commercially in any way without the permission of Cambridge University Press; as it is copyrighted material and therefore not subject to the allowances permitted by an open access licence] [All rights reserved]

Annual or biennial herb, 0.15-0.20 m high. Stems patently hairy. Leaves sessile; blade narrowly obovate. Flowers in scorpioid cymes. Calyx 3-nerved, hairs spreading, some crisped or hooked. Corolla ± 1.5 mm long; tube white; lobes white, blue or purplish blue, fornices yellow. Flowering time Aug.-Dec. Fruit with stalk spreading, up to twice as long as calyx. From: Retief, E. 2019. Boraginaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 688-698. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Softly hairy annual to 25 cm. Leaves lanceolate, to 30 x 4 mm. Flowers in helicoid cymes elongating in fruit, blue fading white, calyx closed in fruit. Nutlets ovoid, smooth, shining black. From: Retief, E; Buys, MH. 2012. Boraginaceae: Myosotis L. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 437-437. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Dry places, and as a ruderal. From: Grau, HRJ; Merxmuller, H. 1972. Myosotis. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters & DA Webb (eds). Fl. Eur. 3: 111-117. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [This material cannot be reproduced; shared; altered; or exploited commercially in any way without the permission of Cambridge University Press; as it is copyrighted material and therefore not subject to the allowances permitted by an open access licence] [All rights reserved]

Grassland, moist places, margin of dune forest, wet places, under shrubs. Drakensberg Grassland, Upper Karoo, Albany Thicket, Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld. From: Retief, E. 2019. Boraginaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1): 688-698. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Disturbed places. From: Retief, E; Buys, MH. 2012. Boraginaceae: Myosotis L. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 437-437. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Throughout Europe. From: Grau, HRJ; Merxmuller, H. 1972. Myosotis. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters & DA Webb (eds). Fl. Eur. 3: 111-117. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [This material cannot be reproduced; shared; altered; or exploited commercially in any way without the permission of Cambridge University Press; as it is copyrighted material and therefore not subject to the allowances permitted by an open access licence] [All rights reserved]

European weed. From: Retief, E; Buys, MH. 2012. Boraginaceae: Myosotis L. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 437-437. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

October

Altitude

60 to 300 m

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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EC

NC

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MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

Names and Sources

Accepted name
Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill

Published in: Veg. Syst. 7: 55 (1764)

Synonym(s)

Myosotis intermedia Link


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Boraginales

FAMILY Boraginaceae

SUBFAMILY Boraginoideae

TRIBE Cynoglosseae

GENUS Myosotis

SPECIES arvensis

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0139904-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 1313 | 1948-10-30

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, DRAKENSBERG NAT PARK; TUGELA VALLEY

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Barcode: NBG0155499-0 Collector(s) & number: Gillett, JB, 1371 | 1928-10-11

South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. 1 mile E of Read's Hotel, Keurbooms River.

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Barcode: NBG0155507-0 Collector(s) & number: Ecklon, CF, STEU 17348 | --

South Africa, Western Cape, Groenekloof.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: NBG0155498-0 Collector(s) & number: Gillett, JB, 1106 | 1928-10-5

South Africa, Western Cape, Caledon Dist. Between Caledon and Warmbath.

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Barcode: PRE0139916-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 19189 | 1951-10-28

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; TABLE MT.; CECILIA GORGE

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Barcode: PRE0139907-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 21430A | 1960-9-9

South Africa, Eastern Cape, PORT ELIZABETH; SEA VIEW; E. OF, NEAR SEA VIEW

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Barcode: NBG0016436-1 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 8433 | 1954-10-31

South Africa, Western Cape, Bellville Dist. Tygerberg.

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Barcode: PRE0749960-0 Collector(s) & number: Beyers, JBP, 149 | 1989-10-23

South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; KENILWORTH; KENILWORTH RACE COURSE ON LAWN

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Barcode: PRE0139910-0 Collector(s) & number: Britten, LL, 462 | 1917-12-8

South Africa, Eastern Cape, ALBANY DIV.; GRAHAMSTOWN; DASSIE KRANTZ

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Barcode: NBG0155496-0 Collector(s) & number: Gillett, JB, 1558 | 1928-10-14

South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Sand hills very near Read's Hotel, Keurbooms River.

General notes: Sand hills.

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Barcode: PRE0817542-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Jaarsveld, EJ, 11920 | 1991-10-

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town: Newlands.

General notes: Weed on lawn. Blue flowers. Ex Kirstenbosch, NBG

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Barcode: NBG0155551-0 Collector(s) & number: Fourcade, HG, 1841 | 1921-11-

South Africa, Eastern Cape, Grassy valley at back of Sanddunes between Klip Drift and Slang River.

General notes: Grassy valley.

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Barcode: NBG1495364-0 Collector(s) & number: Nel, P, 0446 | 1994-10-15

South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch. Waterkloof. Steep riverbank adjacent a pear plantation.

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Barcode: NBG0128176-0 Collector(s) & number: Bond, P, 1737 | 1983-9-30

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town. Kirstenbosch lawn near herbarium.

General notes: Growing as weed in the lawn. Possibly biennial. Pale blue flowers. Hooked hairs on calyx.

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Barcode: NBG0155503-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgers, CJ, 2281 | 1979-9-18

South Africa, Western Cape, De Hoop-Potberg Nature Reserve. Windhoek, kloof in zebra camp.

General notes: Alt. 150 m. Damp S facing limestone slope in kloof. Herbaceous perennial, forming clump. Flowers light blue, yellow centre. Only one plant seen.

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Barcode: NBG0155504-0 Collector(s) & number: Orchard, ER, 477 | 1979-10-11

South Africa, Western Cape, Caledon Div. Hermanus. Fernkloof Nature Reserve, in disturbed veld.

General notes: Alt. 50 m. In disturbed veld. Flat, open, sandy. Small blue flowers.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0233496-0 Collector(s) & number: Hilliard, OM, 5421 | 1973-12-31

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, SANI PASS

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Barcode: GHPG$0004194-0 Collector(s) & number: Buys, S, 346 | 2010-9-26

South Africa, Western Cape, Kleinmond. On empty plot on corner of 6th Street + 2nd Avenue.

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Barcode: PRE0139906-0 Collector(s) & number: Schonland, S, 786 | 1893-9-

South Africa, Eastern Cape, PORT ALFRED; NEAR PORT ALFRED

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Barcode: PRE0796560-0 Collector(s) & number: Parker, RN, 4534 | 1950-10-25

South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch District: Jonkershoek.

General notes: Det: R.N. Parker Conf: E. Retief 1994

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Barcode: NBG0016436-2 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 8433 | 1954-10-31

South Africa, Western Cape, Bellville Dist. Tygerberg.

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Barcode: PRE0139923-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, H, 7880 | 1899-10-

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON; NR. HOT SPRINGS

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Barcode: PRE0139924-0 Collector(s) & number: Drege, 7840 | --

South Africa, Western Cape, GEORGE DIV.; OUTENIQUA MTS.

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Barcode: NBG0045068-0 Collector(s) & number: Esterhuysen, EE, 19189 | 1951-10-28

South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula. Sandy steep slopes in Cecilia Gorge, Table Mountain.

General notes: Alt. 1000 ft. Sandy steep slopes. Along path. Flowers white.

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Barcode: NBG0155509-0 Collector(s) & number: Duthie, AV, 1209 | 1920-1-14

South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Portland, near stream.

General notes: Near stream. Flowers small, pale blueish pink with yellow centre.

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Barcode: PRE0668157-0 Collector(s) & number: Bengis, BK, 398 | 1984-10-31

South Africa, Western Cape, BEAUFORT WEST. N15B; KAROO NAT. PARK.; BULTHOUDERSBANK, ON LEDGE BENEATH CLIFFS.

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Barcode: NBG0155500-0 Collector(s) & number: Gillett, JB, 1371 | 1928-10-11

South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. 1 mile E of Read's Hotel, Keurbooms River.

General notes: Slopes and sandhills in scrub under bushes.

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Barcode: GHPG$0003856-0 Collector(s) & number: Joubert, CE, 1093 | 2010-10-9

South Africa, Western Cape, Betty's Bay. Garden plot 5125 Lipkin Road.

General notes: Alien weed.

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Barcode: PRE0682009-0 Collector(s) & number: Vlok, JHJ, 1177 | 1985-10-5

South Africa, Western Cape, KAMANASSIE MOUNTAINS; VOGELSTRUISFONTEIN FARM ENTRANCE.

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Barcode: PRE0139921-0 Collector(s) & number: Muir, J, 3457 | 1924-9-

South Africa, Western Cape, RIVERSDALE DIV.; STILL BAY; DUNE VALLEY NEAR STILL BAY

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Barcode: PRE0636654-0 Collector(s) & number: Bohnen, P, 7684 | 1980-10-1

South Africa, Western Cape, RIVERSDAL; KLEIN JONGENSFONTEIN FARM

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Barcode: PRE0139911-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 19896 | 1958-10-21

South Africa, Western Cape, CERES DIV.; 12.5 MI. E. OF CERES, IN KLOOF

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Barcode: PRE0610118-0 Collector(s) & number: Burgers, CJ, 2281 | 1979-9-18

South Africa, Western Cape, DE HOOP; POTBERG NAT. RESERV; WINDHOEK; KLOOF IN ZEBRA CAMP

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Barcode: PRE0234093-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 22752 | 1962-9-22

South Africa, Western Cape, BREDASDORP DIST.; KATHOEK

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Barcode: NBG0045069-0 Collector(s) & number: Guthrie, F, 4361 | 1897-1-13

South Africa, Western Cape, George, near village.

General notes: Alt. 600 ft. Near village. Herb 1 ft. Flowers blue.

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Barcode: PRE0359394-0 Collector(s) & number: Oliver, EGH, 5236 | 1974-11-6

South Africa, Eastern Cape, KOUDEVELDBERGE; DOORNBOSCH; SE. OF DOORNBOSCH

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Barcode: PRE0139912-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 17742 | 1954-9-27

South Africa, Northern Cape, CALVINIA DIV.; LOKENBURG; BELOW KRANTZ

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Barcode: NBG0045070-0 Collector(s) & number: Parker, RN, 4534 | 1950-10-25

South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch Dist. Jonkershoek, moist places on a forest road.

General notes: Moist places on a forest road. Flowers white.

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Barcode: SAM0042184-0 Collector(s) & number: Tyson, W, 351 | 1879-1-

South Africa, Western Cape, Near Murraysburg. Koudveld.

General notes: Alt. 6000 ft. In grasslands on mountains.

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Barcode: PRE0139918-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, H, 12773 | 1905-9-

South Africa, Western Cape, DARLING; IN VALLEY

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Barcode: NBG0155550-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 4109 | 1978-11-16

South Africa, Western Cape, Bottelary Berg, eastern gulley near summit.

General notes: Alt. 320 m. Well-drained, humus-rich soil in dry boulderbed scree. Veld Type 46. Releve 589. Occasional, local, lax, deciduous, spreading, annual herb, 25 cm tall. Flowers with white-cream.

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Barcode: PRE0139922-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 7327 | -10-

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON; NEAR HOT SPRINGS

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Barcode: PRE0359395-0 Collector(s) & number: Fries, TCE, 269 | 1930-8-31

South Africa, Eastern Cape, PORT ELIZABETH; BETHELSDORP KLOOF

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Barcode: PRE0604401-0 Collector(s) & number: Orchard, ER, 477 | 1979-10-11

South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON; HERMANUS; FERNKLOOF NATURE RESERVE

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Barcode: PRE0139915-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 16582 | 1952-11-14

South Africa, Eastern Cape, MIDDELBURG DIST.; SNEEUBERG; GORDONVILLE

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Western Cape

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Western Cape

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2019

SERIES CHAPTER

Boraginaceae Retief, E

In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)688-698

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2012

SERIES CHAPTER

Boraginaceae: Myosotis L. Retief, E; Buys, MH

In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 437-437

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

1972

FLORA CHAPTER

Myosotis Grau, HRJ; Merxmuller, H

In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters & DA Webb (eds). Flora Europaea 3: 111-117

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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