Nettly Find. Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramossisima, Zeedijk, Monnickendam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Slipping down the Sea Dike that keeps the water of the Gouwzee out of the polders of Waterland, North Holland, I found myself smartingly in a patch of Urtica dioica, Stinging Nettle. No, it hadn't been a good idea trying to get a better look at the golden Yellow Flags, Iris pseudacorus, at water's edge. Moreover, they were quite faded close by.
But looking down at my sandals in the shade of those Nettles I saw these pretty Forget-me-nots, Myosotis ramossisima. Many-branched indeed, as the first namegiver Anton Rochel (1770-1847) specifically noted. Another distinctive feature is their hairiness, as was determined by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794-1866) by his 'hispida' for Myosotis. The names are synonymous though Rochel's is preferred.
So pretty they are that I was gladly stung...
Nettly Find. Early Forget-me-not, Myosotis ramossisima, Zeedijk, Monnickendam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Slipping down the Sea Dike that keeps the water of the Gouwzee out of the polders of Waterland, North Holland, I found myself smartingly in a patch of Urtica dioica, Stinging Nettle. No, it hadn't been a good idea trying to get a better look at the golden Yellow Flags, Iris pseudacorus, at water's edge. Moreover, they were quite faded close by.
But looking down at my sandals in the shade of those Nettles I saw these pretty Forget-me-nots, Myosotis ramossisima. Many-branched indeed, as the first namegiver Anton Rochel (1770-1847) specifically noted. Another distinctive feature is their hairiness, as was determined by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794-1866) by his 'hispida' for Myosotis. The names are synonymous though Rochel's is preferred.
So pretty they are that I was gladly stung...