Myosotis arvensis
Species of flowering plant
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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.[1] 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.[2]: 597 [3]: 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.[2]
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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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Two subspecies and one variety are accepted.[1]
- 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
