wildflower
Mountain forget-me-not
Myosotis asiatica
Also known as Alpine Forget-me-not, Asian Forget-me-not
1 of 2Native to Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming and southern Canada
- Light Sun tolerance
- Moisture Moisture preference
- Zones 1–8 Cold to heat range
- Bloom Jun–Aug Flowering time
- Height
- Life cycle Perennial Annual to perennial
In the garden
A wildflower. Hardy in USDA zones 1–8.
Growing conditions
Light
Full sun Partial shade Full shade
Moisture
Dry Moist Wet
Hardiness zones
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Pollinators & wildlife
- Flower flies Common Drone Fly
also Thick-legged Hover Fly, Eurasian Drone Fly, Greater Bee Fly +25 more
Variable Duskyface Fly, Volucella bombylans, Dasysyrphus intrudens, Migrant Hover Fly, Common Globetail, Eurasian Smoothwing, Parsley Blacklet, Cheilosia nigrofasciata, Platycheirus holarcticus, Melanostoma orientale, Cheilosia lenis, Cheilosia rhynchops, Cheilosia nivalis, Platycheirus tatricus, The Cheilosia melanura Group, Eristalis interrupta, Platycheirus manicatus, Pellucid Hover Fly, Tapered Drone Fly, Platycheirus melanopsis, Cheilosia carbonaria, Smudge-veined Fen Fly, Cheilosia antiqua, Cheilosia vicina, Blotch-winged Hoverfly - Bees Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee
also Two-form Bumble Bee, Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee, Heath Bumble Bee +20 more
Lasioglossum nitidiusculum, Black-tipped Miner Bee, Osmia tristella, Singular Miner Bee, Lasioglossum podolicum, Common Carder Bumble Bee, Lasioglossum virideglaucum, Osmia viridana, Lasioglossum majus, Lasioglossum albocinctum, Osmia mustelina, Small Shiny Furrow Bee, Broken-belted Bumble Bee, Lasioglossum interruptum, Lasioglossum pygmaeum, Anthophora dispar, Osmia rufohirta, Mountain Bumble Bee, Early Bumble Bee, Bloomed Furrow Bee - Butterflies Northern Grizzled Skipper
also Large White, Ringlet, Green Hairstreak +3 more
Mormon Fritillary, Aricia agestis, Dark-veined White
Butterflies that use this plant
Documented host and nectar records. Each links to a planting guide for that butterfly.
- Common ringletnectar
Full plant details
Where it grows
- Native range
- Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming and southern CanadaUnited States (7): AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY. Canada (4): AB, BC, NT, YT. Where it grows wild on its own, by state and province.
Growing conditions
- Hardiness zones
- USDA 1–8 · Canadian 0–7The cold-to-heat climate range it survives.
Growth & form
- Life cycle
- PerennialWhether it lives a single season (annual), two (biennial), or returns for years (perennial).
Flowers, foliage & fruit
- Type
- WildflowerWhat kind of plant it is.
- Bloom
- Jun–AugWhen it flowers.
- Flower color
- Blue, VioletThe bloom color, or colors.
- Fruit/Seeds
- SchizocarpThe seed or fruit it sets after flowering.
- Toxicity
- None knownWhether any part is poisonous to people or pets.