Myosotis discolor, Pers.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 112

9. M. discolor Pers. , Syst. Veg. ed. 15, 190 (1797)

( M. collina Hoffm. , M. versicolor Sm. ).

Annual; stem up to 30 cm, slender, often branched at the base. Basal leaves up to 4 cm, lanceolate, obtuse; cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate, the upper acute. Hairs on the stem patent below, appressed above; those on the pedicels often patent. Inflorescence not leafy at the base, many-flowered, lax below, dense above, pedicels shorter than calyx in fruit. Calyx up to 4-5 mm in fruit, rarely deciduous, with soft deflexed, hooked hairs. Corolla up to 4 mm; limb c. T3 mm in diameter, saucer-shaped, pale yellow or cream at first, becoming pink, violet or even blue; tube pale blue to dark violet. Nutlets c. 1-2 x 0-8 mm, dark brown, with a wide rim. Dry places; sometimes in wet meadows. Europe, eastwards to Latvia, N. Ukraine & C. Jugoslavia, and northwards to Iceland and S. Fennoscandia.?A1 Au Az Be Br Co Cz Da Fa Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu Is It Ju Lu N o Po Rm Rs (B, C, W) Sa Su.