Common name:
Early forget-me-not
Family:
Scientific name:
Myosotis ramosissima
Main flower color:
Range:
Commonest in Wales and central/south England; rarer further north
Height:
Up to 15 cm
Habitat:
Open woodland, fields, dry grassland
Flowers:
Small; only 3 mm in diameter, with a blue (occasionally white) corolla, pale yellow at the centre, and a longer, dark green calyx, divided nearly to the base into five narrow, triangular lobes, spreading at the fruiting stage. When mature, the flowers are held a little way above the leafy stem, which has mostly appressed hairs towards the top, and spreading hairs near the base
Leaves:
Ovate, along the stem and in a rosette at the base, with spreading hairs along the margins
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
