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Myosotis laxa

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Myosotis laxa
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M. laxa
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Myosotis laxa

Myosotis laxa or Tufted Forget-me-not or Small-flowered Forget-me-not is a plant species of the genus Myosotis.


Henry David Thoreau described Myosotis laxa:

The mouse-ear forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa, has now extended its racemes (?) very much, and hangs over the edge of the brook. It is one of the most interesting minute

flowers. It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest.[1]

  1. ^ [1] Thoreau, Henry David, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Houghton Mifflin, 1884, p. 109.