Myosotis arvensis(L.) Hill subsp. arvensis - Field Forget-me-not
Scientific Description:
Annual to biennial, to 50 cm, often branched at base. Basal leaves to 8 × 1.5 cm, oblanceolate, subsessile. Lower part of stem with patent hairs, upper part with adpressed antrorse hairs. Pedicels antrorsely directed in fruit, lower ones to 1 cm, upper ones shorter. Calyx to 7 mm in fruit, with connivent lobes and with many patent hooked hairs, deciduous. Limb of corolla to 3 mm diam., saucer−shaped, bright blue. Nutlets to 1.5 mm, blackish, acute, with a rim, attachment scar small, obliquely triangular.
Flowering Time: April−July.
Habitat: Dry to moist places, often ruderal, s.l. −1400 m.
Reference:
Grau J (1978). Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 273.
Public Description:
Myosotis arvensis subsp. arvensis, common name “field forget-me-not”, is a herbaceous annual or biennial flowering plant. The saucer-shaped flowers look bright blue and yellow or white ringed on the inside of the flowers. Generally found on open, well drained ground.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2017). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis_arvensis/Accessed date: 09.02.2017.
Anonymous 2 (2017). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=Myosotis+arvensis+%28L.%29+Hill+subsp.+arvensis+/Accessed date: 09.02.2017.
Çıngay B (2012). Myosotis L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 230–232.