| Author | Persoon | |
| Distribution | Mostly the northern Piedmont, plus Iredell and Mecklenburg counties. First collected in 1949 at a church lawn in Orange County.
Native of Europe; in N.A. the eastern and western sectors, with a big gap in the middle. | |
| Abundance | Rare. Based on the number of collections, it is well-established on and near the campus of Duke University, Durham Co. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, lawns, campus weed, disturbed woods, meadow, pond edge, fallow field. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-August. | |
| Identification | This forget-me-not is similar to M. arvensis, and it also lacks bracts in the raceme, but is more branched than that species. The flowers are light to sky blue with a yellow tube. Its fruit stalks (pedicels) are distinctly shorter than the calyx (vs. equal or longer in that species). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is M. versicolor.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | UPL link |
