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Questions and Answers: 2020

Question: I have these growing in my back yard. Seek ID's them in the Forget-Me-Not genus, but cannot ID the species. …

  • Question

    I have these growing in my back yard. Seek ID's them in the Forget-Me-Not genus, but cannot ID the species. I know that the Scorpioides species is a banned invasive in MA, but there are other species that are not invasive. Do you know what species it is? If it's not the invasive species, I will leave it there as it actually is nice looking. If it is the invasive species, then I definitely want to get rid of it. Thank you.

    Answer

    Dear Glenn, good morning. I can't tell you for certain who this is, but it looks like Myosotis sylvatica(woodland forget-me-not). I would need to see the hairs on the sepals (through a nice, close-up photograph) to be certain. Best wishes.