Forget Me Not Wood

Botanical Name: Myosotis sylvatica

 Other Names: Scorpion grass

 Habitat: Woods

Description: 30cm/1ft. Basel rosette of leaves. Leaves: oblong Flowers: Pale blue or white with yellow centres. April-September

Native to: Europe and Asia

Naturalised in: North America

Cultivation: Moist, fertile soil, shade

 Harvesting: When available

 Other Notes: Myosotis is derived from the Greek for mouse (mus) and ear (otis). It refers to the shape of the leaves

 It got its name when a goat herder found a flower when watching his goats. He attached the flower to his crook and sat by a rock. A man with pointy ears appeared and told him to tap the rock three times and something amazing would happen then he vanished. The herder did as he was told and the rock opened and in front of him was a chamber he heard the man's voice tell him "Remember the most important" then the herder walked down the steps into a chamber filled with gold and jewels. He filled his rucksack and took all he could before rushing home to his wife. When he arrived home he found the gold had turned to dust. He ran back to the rock and tapped three times and heard the voice "remember the most important -forget-me-not" then he remembered he had left the flower inside 

Another Daunbian legend tells of a young man who was walking by the river with his sweetheart when she saw some blue flowers growing on a small island mid stream. The young man plunged into the icy waters and gathered the flowers for her, as he tried to return to the bank he was swept downstream, he threw the flowers to his sweetheart crying out forget me not. The young lady wore the flowers in her hair every day in order to remember him.  

In a biblical legend Adam was naming the flowers and overlooked this flower. It called out to him “By what name am I called Adam?” and Adam replied “You shall be my forger me not”