Myosotis laxa

Scientific name: Myosotis laxa Lehm.
Common name: Tufted Forget-me-not

Description
Habit: An erect, weakly hairy or hairless annual to biennial, to 25 cm high.
Stems: Much branched.
Leaves: Narrowly oblong to lanceolate; basal leaves tapered to petiole-like base, upper leaves stalkless.
Flowers: Blue, actinomorphic, 5 mm across, in terminal, spiralled cymes; calyx lobed about halfway to the base with 5 triangular teeth, with straight, usually non-spreading hairs, corolla with 5 spreading lobes; style much shorter than calyx, ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4, smooth, very small 1-seeded nutlets.

Habitat: Wet places.
Distribution: Occasional to frequent.

Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No

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