Myosotis arvensis

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 Template:Convert and patent-hairy (hairs more-or-less at right-angles to the stem). The flowers are grey-blue, Template:Convert across, saucer shaped in profile, the sepal tube with hooked hairs.Template:RpTemplate:Rp The mature fruit are dark brown, shiny nutlets. The plant is an archaeophyte, common throughout the British 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
  General view
• Flower head
  Flower head
• Close up of flower; the background squares are 5mm across
  Close up of flower; the background squares are 5mm across
• Close up showing sepal tube; the background squares are Template:Convert across
  Close up showing sepal tube; the background squares are Template:Convert across
• Mature fruit - side 1; the background squares are Template:Convert across
  Mature fruit - side 1; the background squares are Template:Convert across
• Mature fruit - side 2; the background squares are Template:Convert across
  Mature fruit - side 2; the background squares are Template:Convert across
• Mature calyx showing fruit is hidden inside; the background squares are Template:Convert across
  Mature calyx showing fruit is hidden inside; the background squares are Template:Convert across
• Mature calyx showing calyx stalk longer than sepal tube; the background squares are Template:Convert across
  Mature calyx showing calyx stalk longer than sepal tube; the background squares are Template:Convert across
• Close up showing non-basal leaf
  Close up showing non-basal leaf