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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Boraginaceae
Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill
field forget-me-not, field scorpion-grass
Myosotis: from mys for "mouse" and ous for "ear," referring to short, soft leaves of some species
arvensis: of planted fields
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 4"-16" tall, hairy forb often with upper branches |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 1/8" wide, calyx with semi-stiff hairs, its lobes about equal the tube; inflorescence a terminal, leafless, curving, branched cluster (cyme) |
| Fruit: | smooth, shiny nutlet on spreading stalks |
| Habitat: | fields, roadsides |
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