Wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica

Features

It is the most widespread souvenir in Slovenia. You will find it in meadows and moist forests from the end of April until October.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Deciduous forest, Meadow, Mixed forest
Size	40 cm

Description

It is a short-lived herbaceous perennial plant with hairy leaves and a profusion of flowers with petals longer than their tube, pink in bud then opening disc-shaped, intensely sky-blue with yellow centres in spring. This plant is having the following characteristics: -Upright, to 40 cm; softly hairy, with hairs at more-or-less right-angles to the main stem. -Flowers sky-blue, to 6–10 mm across, flat in profile; sepal tube with hooked hairs. -Mature fruit dark brown, shiny. -Mature calyx on spreading stalks longer than sepal tube; calyx teeth spreading to expose the ripe fruit. -Basal leaves stalked, in a rosette; upper leaves not stalked. -Generally found in woods, scree and rock ledges.