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Myosotis 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
.
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