Changing Forget-me-not - Myosotis discolor
Low to short hairy, rather slender plant. Stem leaves often have at least one pair opposite. The tiny flowers (1-2mm) are pale yellow or cream at first becoming pink violet or blue.
Myosotis ramosissima
Annual; calyx hairs sticking out and either hooked or curved; pedicels (flower-stalks) shorter than fruiting calyx; corolla cream to yellow at first with tube longer than calyx
Photograph of flowers (side-on)
Bare open grassy places.
May to September.
Annual.
Widespread throughout Britain, though rarely common.
Occasional and one of the less common Forget-me-nots in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 35 of the 617 tetrads.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Changing Forget-me-not
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Family:
- Boraginaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 18
- First record:
- 31/05/2006 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/06/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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