Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill
field forget-me-not
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
field forget-me-not
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Biennial or annual herb from fibrous roots, short soft spreading-hairy to straight appressed-hairy throughout; stems simple or branched, 10-40 cm tall.
Leaves:
Lower leaves in a loose rosette, stalked, oblanceolate; upper leaves unstalked, more oblong or lanceolate; 1-6 cm long, 3-16 cm wide, entire, alternate.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of lax, coiled, elongating, bractless, terminal clusters, not much longer than leafy part of plant; fruiting stalks ascending or spreading, as long as or longer than the calyces; petals grey-blue, sometimes white, fused at the base into a tube that spreads (2-4 mm wide) at top to 5 lobes, with 5 bulges at the throat; fruiting calyces 3-5 mm long, short stiff-hairy and also with numerous, short, coarse, hooked hairs.
Fruits:
Nutlets 4, clustered together, egg-shaped, smooth, dark brown, shining.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Myosotis arvensis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1407 | 810 | 2461 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
36 | 0 | 60 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
98 | 82 | 115 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IMA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(1), IMA(1), PP(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic roadsides and waste places in the lowland zone; frequent in SW BC; introduced from Europe.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Myosotis scorpioides var. arvensis L.