Myosotis laxa subsp. baltica, (Sam.) Hyl. ex Nordh.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 116

(b) Subsp. baltica (Sam.) Hyl. ex Nordh. , loc. cit. (1940)

( M. baltica Sam. , M. scorpioides subsp. laxa sensu Hegi ):

Ascending. Pedicels in lower part of inflorescence up to 2-5 cm. Calyx up to 8 mm. Nutlets up to 2x1-4 mm. 2/2=784, 88. • Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia.

Subsp. laxa occurs in N orth America and may possibly occur in Europe; further investigation is needed. (36-39). M. scorpioides group. Biennial or perennial, often with rhizome and stolons. Stems often with decurrent leafbases and angled; indumentum in lower part of stem variable, inflorescence-axis with upwardly-pointing appressed hairs. Calyx with short, straight, appressed bristles, divided to J or less, open in fruit, not deciduous; teeth broadly triangular. Limb of corolla flat; tube usually as long as the calyx. Nutlets ovoidellipsoid; rim absent or indistinct; attachment-area roundish with a spongy appendage. Very variable, especially in C. Europe.

1 Stems not more than 10 cm in fruit, mat-forming 37. rehsteineri 1 Stems more than 10 cm in fruit, not mat-forming 2 All or some of the hairs at the base of the stem deflexed 3 Stem with deflexed hairs only at the base; usually without subterranean stolons 38. nemorosa

3 Stem with deflexed, appressed hairs as far up as the upper leaves, rough; subterranean stolons present 39. lamottiana

2 Stems glabrous at the base or with patent or upwardly-pointing hairs

4 Limb of corolla not more than c. 5 mm in diameter; biennial, usually without stolons 38. nemorosa

4 Limb of corolla more than 5 mm in diameter; perennial, with subterranean stolons

5 Lower leaves hairy beneath, the hairs long, somewhat patent and pointing towards the base of the leaf

38. nemorosa

5 Lower leaves glabrous beneath, or the hairs short, setiform and usually pointing towards the apex of the leaf

36. scorpioides