Myosotis arvensis
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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. It is native to Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Siberia, the western Himalayas, and northwestern Africa. The plant is annual to perennial, erect, to 40 centimetres (16 in) and patent-hairy (hairs more-or-less at right-angles to the stem). The flowers are grey-blue, 3–5 millimetres (1⁄8–13⁄64 in) across, saucer shaped in profile, the sepal tube with hooked hairs.: 597 : 208 The mature fruits are dark brown, shiny nutlets. In the British Isles the plant is an archaeophyte, common throughout the isles on open, well-drained ground.
Two subspecies and one variety are accepted.
- Myosotis arvensis subsp. arvensis – Europe to Siberia, Turkey, the Caucasus, Western Himalayas, and northwestern Africa
- Myosotis arvensis var. garciasii O.Bolòs & Vigo – Balearic Islands
- Myosotis arvensis subsp. umbrata (Rouy) O.Schwartz – western and southern Europe from Norway to Italy, Portugal, the British Isles, and Iceland, and Romania
Gallery
General view
Flower head
Close up of flower; the background squares are 5mm across
Close up showing sepal tube; the background squares are 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across
Mature fruit - side 1; the background squares are 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across
Mature fruit - side 2; the background squares are 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across
Mature calyx showing fruit is hidden inside; the background squares are 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across
Mature calyx showing calyx stalk longer than sepal tube; the background squares are 5 millimetres (13⁄64 in) across
Close up showing non-basal leaf
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- 1 2 Stace, C. A. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles (Fourth ed.). Middlewood Green, Suffolk, U.K.: C & M Floristics. ISBN 978-1-5272-2630-2.
- ↑ 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.