Photographs: Co. Cork

Changing Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor Lus míonla buí Family: Boraginaceae Flowering time: April-July. Annual. Native. Tiny pink to blue flowers with yellow centres, opening yellow or white. The calyx is hairy and longer than the flower-stalks. There are spreading hairs on the lower stems. Height 8-20cm. Grows on open, disturbed ground in a wide range of habitats, walls, roadsides, coastal grassland, gravel pits, waste ground, marshes and bogs. Less frequent in the centre and west of Ireland.

Changing Forget-me-not, Myosotis discolor, Lus míonla buí