MYSOTIS

Forget-me-not
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created by Krys
used Incendia

Mysotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. In the northern hemisphere they are colloquially denominated forget-me-not^] or Scorpion grasses. 

Photo taken by Lynn

• The colloquial name "Forget-me-Not" was calqued from the German Vergissmeinnicht 

• first used in English in AD 1398 through King Henry IV of England. Similar names and variations are found in many languages. 

• Myosotis alpestris is the official flower of Alaska and Dalsland, Sweden. 

Mythology

In a German legend, after the earth was created, God went to each plant and animal and gave each a name. As God finished and was getting ready to leave, he heard a little voice at his feet saying “what about me?” He bent down and picked up the little plant whom he had forgotten, and said “Because I forgot once, I shall never forget you again, and that shall be your name.”
The Christ Child was sitting on Mary's lap one day and said that he wished that future generations could see her eyes. He touched her eyes and then waved his hand over the ground and blue forget-me-nots appeared, hence the name forget-me-not.