The leaves of this small Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) show some red. Cold night made it produce a pigment, anthocyane, that protects the plant against cold. It needs it, the limestone meadows with sparse vegetation where it grows are early in spring well exposed to wind and cold. As in the daytime to cruel sunrays. Plants that live here have to cope with difficult circumstances.
Early Forget-me-not flowers with a lot of blue flowers. A special blue, typical for Forget-me-nots. Baby-blue, with sometimes a little pink or yellow or white, also baby.
Before flowering the cymes carrying flower buds are curved inwards like unrolling fern fronds.This is typical for plants of the Boraginaceae family to which belong Forget-me-nots. You can tell the differences between different Forget-me-nots regarding their hairs. This species has short hairs flattened against the flowers stalks and stems, long slighty curved hairs on its leaves, and long hairs with a little hook at the end on the capsules. Difficult to see with the naked eye on such a small plant.
Generally many plants of this little annual grow together in the same spot.
After flowering begins the flower stalks grow longer. Early Forget-me-not produces a lot of flowers during its short life.