Get started identifying the widespread forget-me-nots you’re most likely encounter in a new, simplified crib
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After tackling crocuses, now seemed like a good time to produce another simplified crib on an equally appealling group of plants – our forget-me-nots.
Members of the Borage family, Forget-me-nots are familiar flowers of spring and popular for their bright blue blooms. They occur in all habitats, from urban pavements to pool-sides and upland flushes and at times, are popular as garden plants. They simplified key below covers those most likely to be encountered in the North East but please note, there are several rarer ones out there.
Key factors to focus on when identifying forget-me-nots include flower colour, style length, pedicel length and of course, the structure and arrangement of hairs.
Identifying Forget-me-nots
Forget-me-nots are not extraordinarily diverse, at least in North East England. Here, we’ll aim to cover the species botanists are most likely to encounter while out and about locally; though the information shared should apply equally well elsewhere in the UK. This crib addresses the following species:
- Field Forget-me-not
- Wood Forget-me-not
- Changing Forget-me-not
- Early Forget-me-not
- Tufted Forget-me-not
- Creeping Forget-me-not
- Pale Forget-me-not
- Water Forget-me-not
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