Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) is a plant.

Myosotis is a family of flowering plants.The foliage is thought to resemble the Ancient Greek "mouse's ear".They are referred to as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses in the northern hemisphere.The name "forget-me-not" was first used in English by King Henry IV of England.Many languages have similar names and variations.Alaska and Dalsland, Sweden have the official flower of myosotis alpestris.The Chatham Islands' forget-me-nots are related to the related genus Myosotidium.

More than 500 species names have been recorded.There are either accepted or proposed names for the remainder.Approximately 60 confirmed species are found in western Eurasia and 40 in New Zealand.There are a few species in South America and North America.The introduction of cultivars and alien species has made Myosotis species common throughout the tropics.Many are popular in horticulture.They prefer moist habitats where they are not native.Those from the Northern hemisphere are referred to as "forget-me-nots".

Myosotis sylvatica, the "woodland" forget-me-nots, was introduced into Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

The flowers of myosotis species are actinomorphic.A flower is 1 cm in diameter or less, flatly faced, colored blue, pink, white, or yellow with yellow centers, and born on scorpioid cymes.They usually flower in the spring after the melting of snow.They are either annual or perennial.The roots of the foliage are diffuse.

There are small, tulip-shaped seeds in the stem of the flower.The Pods attach to clothing when brushed against and eventually fall off, leaving a small seed in the Pod to grow elsewhere.The seeds can be collected by shaking the seeds on the paper.

Myosotis scorpioides is also referred to as scorpion grass because of its inflorescence.[4]

The setaceous Hebrew character can be found in some myosotis.There are many threatened species in New Zealand.[8]

Carl Linnaeus first described the genus.The type is Myosotis scorpioides.The southern and northern hemispheres have myosotis species.There are two centers of species diversity in Europe and New Zealand.The species native to New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea and South America form a line of closely related species that are likely derived from a single dispersal event to the southern hemisphere.[4][9]

42 of the 89 species of Myosotis are endemic to New Zealand.There is a full list of species.

The small blue forget-me-not flower was first used by the Grand Lodge Zur Sonne as a Masonic emblem.The National Socialist People's Welfare, the welfare branch of the Nazi party, used a forget-me-not badge made by the same factory as the Masonic one.Freemasons were able to wear the forget-me-not badge as a secret sign of membership because of this coincidence.Better source needed.

The forget-me-not flower was used again as a Masonic emblem in 1948 at the first Annual Convention of the United Grand Lodges of Germany.Freemasons around the world wear the badges in their coats to remember those who suffered during the Nazi era.There are no comments at this time.