Wood Forget-me-not

Myosotis sylvatica

Common & widespread in Britain.

It is a short-lived herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 12–30 cm (5–12 in) tall by 15 cm (6 in) wide, 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 as having the following characteristics:

Upright, to 50 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; April–July.