Myosotis L.

Articles of the fruit smooth, shining Myosotis

Stamens enclosed in the corolla tube or only the tips protruding. Corolla 2.5 – 4 mm long; lobes shorter than the tube

Hairs on leaves appressed; hairs on calyx hooked. Corolla pale blue. Basal leaves petiolate 2–8 cm long; cauline leaves ± stem clasping. Erect annual herb to 35 cm high. Blue Mts Occasionally naturalized weed. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer Myosotis laxa caespitosa

Hairs on leaves spreading; hairs on calyx not hooked