Myosotis ramosissima, Rochel

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

7. M. ramosissima Rochel in Schultes, Österreichs FI. ed. 2,1: 366 (1814)

( M. collina auct. plur., non Hoffm., M. gracillima Loscos & Pardo , M. hispida Schlecht. ).

Annual. Stem up to 40 cm. Rosette-leaves up to 4 x 1 cm, lanceolate, obtuse; leaves with soft, patent straight hairs. Stem soft, at base with patent, above with appressed, straight hairs. Inflorescence lax, ebracteate; pedicels in fruit scarcely longer than calyx, patent, more or less straight. Calyx up to 4 mm in fruit, divided to |, half-open, with many, often deflexed hooked hairs at the base, deciduous. Limb of corolla up to 3 mm in diameter, saucer-shaped, bright blue. Nutlets T2 x 0-7 mm, brown, without rim; attachment-area usually filled with spongy tissue. Dry places. M ost o f Europe except the extreme north. All except?Az Fa?Is Rs (N) Sb.