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Status
Status is difficult to gauge because of the similarities between Changing Forget-me-not, Strict Forget-me-not, and Field Forget-me-not. Public opinion, which is most likely false, is that Strict Forget-me-not is the de facto small Myosotis of open weedy areas in Maryland. Most likely found state wide in appropriate habitat, but MBP only has records from the Coastal Plain and Piedmont.
Description
Field Forget-me-not appears very similar to Changing Forget-me-not and Strict Forget-me-not. Field Forget-me-not can be distinguished from the other two small Myosotis by looking at the fruiting pedicels. Field Forget-me-not has fruiting pedicels that are equal to, or longer than the calyx. Changing and Field Forget-me-nots have fruiting pedicels that are shorter than the calyx.Young plants may not be safely identified to species.
Where To Find
Open weedy areas with full sun and short grass; roadside edges, edges of parking lots, and field edges.
Seasonality Snapshot
Source: Wikipedia
| Myosotis arvensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Myosotis arvensis | |
Myosotis arvensis or field forget-me-not is a herbaceous annual to short lived perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.
Clive Stace describes this plant as having the following characteristics:[1]: 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.[2]: 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.
Gallery
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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
References
[edit]- ^ Stace, Clive (2011). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
- ^ Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.