Myosotis arvensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Myosotis |
| Species: | M. arvensis
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Myosotis arvensis or field forget-me-not is a herbaceous annual to short lived perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.
Stace[1]: 564 describes this plant as having the following characteristics:
- Upright, to 40 cm; softly hairy, with hairs at more-or-less right-angles to the stem.
- Flowers grey-blue, 3-5mm across, saucer shaped in profile; sepal tube with hooked hairs; April–October.[2]: 208
- Mature fruit dark brown, shiny.
- Mature calyx on spreading stalks longer than sepal tube; calyx teeth conceal the ripe fruit.
- Basal leaves stalked, in a rosette; upper leaves not stalked.
- Generally found on open, well drained ground; common throughout the British Isles.
Gallery
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General view -
Flower head -
Close up of flower; the background squares are 5mm across -
Close up showing sepal tube; the background squares are 5mm across -
Mature fruit - side 1; the background squares are 5mm across -
Mature fruit - side 2; the background squares are 5mm across -
Mature calyx showing fruit is hidden inside; the background squares are 5mm across -
Mature calyx showing calyx stalk longer than sepal tube; the background squares are 5mm across -
Close up showing non-basal leaf
References
- ^ Stace, Clive (2011). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.