Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Matevski, 2010).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe to Siberia and West Himalaya, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, clearings of oak and European beech forests, from the lowland up to c. 1600 m altitude.
Flowering period: Spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Myosotis arvensis – habit. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – habit. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – spent flowers. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – spent flower with fruiting calyx. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – spent flower with fruiting calyx. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – spent flower with fruiting calyx and axis of inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – spent flower with fruiting calyx and axis of inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – axis of inflorescence. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – upper leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – stem and leaf. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – stem with leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – stem with leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – plant base and lower leaves. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – hilly region near Kochani, 18.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – inflorescence with flowers and fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – axis of inflorescence and fruiting calyces. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Myosotis arvensis – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 03.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Myosotis L. Grau, J. and Merxmüller, H. in 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: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 111 – 117.
Myosotis L. Matevski, V. and Melovski, Lj. in Matevski (2010). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. II, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 141 – 163.
