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Field Forget-Me-Not

Field Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis arvensis

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How common: Common

Alien species

Field Forget-Me-Not is a small, softly hairy annual or usually biennial plant with tiny pale‑blue flowers. It is common in open, disturbed places such as fields, gardens and roadsides, and is widespread across Europe. The flowers are minute but numerous, giving a delicate blue haze when in bloom.

Did you know?

  • Flower buds are often pink and turn pale blue when they open, with a small yellow eye.
  • When not flowering it can resemble the garden forget-me-not.

About the species

Identification

10–40 cm tall, soft‑hairy, usually branching near the top. A low rosette of leaves at the base; upper leaves sit directly on the stem. Leaves narrow oval, pale green, with smooth edges. Flowers very small (about 3–4 mm across), pale blue with a yellow center, arranged along a one‑sided curved spray that uncoils as they open. After flowering, each tiny stalk becomes about twice as long as the small green cup behind the flower and points upward; the cup stays mostly closed around the developing seeds. Fruits are four shiny black seeds. Flowers in Finland from June to September.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

yards and roadsides

Flowering

Jun–Sep

About the habitat

Open, sunny and disturbed ground: fields, vegetable plots and gardens, roadsides and paths, rocky places, clearings, waste ground and sometimes shores. Common throughout the country, rare in Lapland.

Sources

Photo: Fabelfroh, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myosotis arvensis.jpeg

Text: Pinkka: Verso- ja leviäintunnistus - Kaikki leviäimet, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39425

Text: Pinkka: Verso- ja leviäintunnistus - Kaikki versot, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39425

Text: Pinkka: Laaja maatalouslajintuntemus 4 op - Koppisiemeniset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39425

Text: Pinkka: Pieni maatalouslajintuntemus - Puuvartiset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39425

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltolemmikki

See also