MYOSOTISL. - FORGET-ME-NOTS
Scientific Description:
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, ± softly hairy. Flowers in usually paired cymes which are usually ebracteate or sometimes bracteate below. Calyx ± accrescent in fruit, regularly 5-lobed to middle or more. Corolla rotate; tube distinct; limb regularly 5-lobed, flat or slightly concave, usually blue (sometimes white or yellow and blue); faucal scales 5, papillose, white or yellow. Stamens included, with a terminal ligulate appendage; filaments inserted at about middle of tube. Style included; stigma capitate. Nutlets 4, sometimes fewer by abortion, ovoid, erect, ± compressed, smooth and glossy, brown to black, often with a distinct rim; attachment scar usually small, sometimes with a spongy or ligulate appendage.
Reference:
Grau J (1978). Myosotis L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 264.
Public Description:
Myosotis (from the Greek: "mouse's ear") is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as “forget-me-nots”. It is native to in the northern hemisphere. There are approximately 61 species in the word and 24 species (26 taxa) in Turkey. Most of the species open flowers with a diameter of less than about 1 cm and usually blue, sometimes white or pink. They can be annual or perennial. Legend has it that in medieval times, a knight and his lady were walking along the side of a river. He picked a posy of flowers, but because of the weight of his armour he fell into the river. As he was drowning he threw the posy to his loved one and shouted "forget me not". For this reason, it is regarded as a symbol of faithfulness and enduring love.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosotis, Accessed date: 24.12.2015.
Anonymous 2 (2015). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget-me-not, Accessed date: 24.12.2015.
Anonymous 3 (2015). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Boraginaceae/Myosotis/, Accessed date: 24.12.2015.
Çıngay B (2012). Myosotis L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 230−232.
