Beautiful capture of this little blue flowers.
This is for me most probably a forget-me-not. There are about 50 Myosotis species found all over the world. Varieties of some species are used as ornamental plants, but most grow “wild” and the flowers are smaller, then the cultivated ones. The name probably comes from a German legend from the Middle Age, when the small plant asked God not to forget them (Vergissmeinnicht). A linguistic peculiarity of the “Vergissmeinnicht” is the unbroken name transfer from German in numerous other languages, such as Wùwàngwǒ in China, no-me-olvides in Spanish,... or the Forget-me-not in English, introduced by the English King Henry IV in 1398.
@bkbinthecity Thanks! @mona65 Wow, Mona. Are you a botanist? I had no idea there were so many varieties of this flower. You are an encyclopedia!! :-) Thanks for the great information.
@jetr Smile, no I'm not. Just a kind of interested, cranky nerd, when it comes to wildflowers, etc.., and for details I have a well-stocked book-shelf.
Beautiful capture Joan, I've got some forget-me-nots at my house and they are blooming right now, but I'm not happy with my attempts to capture them yet. I may have to try to shoot them like you have. :)
@cruiser Yes, they are. I have started to learn to "look small." @mona65 Awesome information, Mona. I'm on the lookout for a Montana wildflower book to add to my own library! @overalvandaan Thanks Saxa! @novab Thank you, Nova. @tristansmum Oh, thanks, Stephanie! I appreciate it very much!
Sweet flower, nicely shown. And such great information from Mona! @mona65 We are very fond of forget-me-nots, interesting to hear the probable German derivation.
This is for me most probably a forget-me-not. There are about 50 Myosotis species found all over the world. Varieties of some species are used as ornamental plants, but most grow “wild” and the flowers are smaller, then the cultivated ones. The name probably comes from a German legend from the Middle Age, when the small plant asked God not to forget them (Vergissmeinnicht). A linguistic peculiarity of the “Vergissmeinnicht” is the unbroken name transfer from German in numerous other languages, such as Wùwàngwǒ in China, no-me-olvides in Spanish,... or the Forget-me-not in English, introduced by the English King Henry IV in 1398.
@mona65 Wow, Mona. Are you a botanist? I had no idea there were so many varieties of this flower. You are an encyclopedia!! :-) Thanks for the great information.
@mona65 Awesome information, Mona. I'm on the lookout for a Montana wildflower book to add to my own library!
@overalvandaan Thanks Saxa!
@novab Thank you, Nova.
@tristansmum Oh, thanks, Stephanie! I appreciate it very much!
@ivan Thank you, Ivan, and thanks for following!