Myosotis siculaGuss. - İnciboncuk
Scientific Description:
Annual or biennial to 15 cm, erect to ascending, hairs on whole plant antrorsely adpressed. Basal leaves to 3 × 0.5 cm, spathulate, ± withering at maturity, cauline smaller, ovate-oblong. Inflorescence with flowers ± in two distinct rows, lower most pedicels longer, upper ones shorter than calyx. Fruiting calyx to 6 mm in fruit, tube more than 2 × as long as lobes. Limb of corolla to 3 mm diam., saucer-shaped, bright blue. Nutlets to 1.2 mm, ellipsoid to ovoid, brown, with spongy tissue at attachment scar.
Flowering time: May−August.
Habitat: Wet places, s.l.−2350 m.
Reference:
Grau J (1978). Myosotis sicula Guss., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 277.
Public Description:
Myosotis sicula, known as “inciboncuk” in Türkiye, is distributed in Türkiye and Europe. It is an annual or biennial herb with bright blue flowers, stems up to 15 cm, hairy and weak structure. It can be seen especially in wet places in flower between May and August.
References:
Çıngay B (2012). Myosotis L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 230−232.