Myosotis arvensis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Myosotis arvensis
Scientific classification
Genus:	Myosotis
Species:	arvensis

Myosotis arvensis or field forget-me-not is a herbaceous annual to short lived perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

Stace 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.
• 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

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  Flower head

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  Close up of flower; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Close up showing sepal tube; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Mature fruit - side 1; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Mature fruit - side 2; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Mature calyx showing fruit is hidden inside; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Mature calyx showing calyx stalk longer than sepal tube; the background squares are 5mm across

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  Close up showing non-basal leaf