Scientific name: Myosotis scorpioides L.
Common name: Water Forget-me-not
Description
Habit: A hairy perennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Erect, sometimes with creeping with rooting runners.
Leaves: Narrowly oblong to lanceolate; basal leaves tapered to petiole-like base, upper leaves stalkess.
Flowers: Blue actinomorphic, 6-8 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 longer than calyx, ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4, smooth, very small 1-seeded nutlets.
Habitat: By ponds, streams and in wet fields.
Distribution: Occasional to frequent.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No