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.

Clive Stace describes this plant as having the following characteristics:^: 564

• Upright, to 40 centimetres (16 in); softly hairy, with hairs at more-or-less right-angles to the stem.
• Flowers grey-blue, 3–5 millimetres (1⁄8–13⁄64 in) across, saucer shaped in profile; sepal tube with hooked hairs; April–October.^: 208
• 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.

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