Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis Lus míonla goirt Family: Boraginaceae Flowering time: April-September. Annual. Native. Small pale blue (sometimes pink) flowers with a white centre and yellow eye, and hairs on calyx. Seeds abundantly, the fruit-stalks longer than the calyx. Greyish green, softly hairy, oblong leaves. Plant has no rooting runners. Height: 10-30 cm Very common on dry ground, gardens, roadsides, fields and dunes. Similar: Changing Forget-me-not, Myosotis discolor. Calyx longer than flower-stalks

Field Forget-me-not, Myosotis arvensis, Lus míonla giort