Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Myosotis sylvatica subsp. cyanea (Hayek) Vestergr.

Myosotis sylvatica subsp. elongata (Strobl) Grau

Myosotis sylvatica subsp. pseudovariabilis (Popov) V.V.Petrovsky

Myosotis sylvatica subsp. subarvensis Grau

Myosotis sylvatica subsp. sylvatica

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
wood forget-me-not	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
woodland forget-me-not	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Myosotis arvensis var. grandiflora Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 120 (1824), nom. superfl.
Myosotis arvensis subsp. sylvatica (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Wahlenb. Fl. Upsal.: 68 (1820).
Myosotis palustris var. sylvatica (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Fr. Fl. Hallandica: 39 (1817).
Myosotis perennis var. sylvatica (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 629 (1805).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrenb. ex Hoffm.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. Ex Hoffmann	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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