It seems that in nature there is no such person who would be completely indifferent to flowers. Of course, they don’t argue about tastes. Someone likes roses or gladioli, and someone is crazy about orchids or, say, peonies. But there is such a plant that will make even the busiest and most gloomy traveler stop. This is forget-me-not - flowers resembling an asterisk or a piece of the sky. Their aroma is so delicate and delicate that it is even difficult to describe or compare.
Forget-me-not. Flowers general description
If we use purely scientific terms, we can make approximately the following definition: forget-me-nots are flowers, or rather, highly pubescent annual or perennial herbs, which are characterized by a small size. The branched stem rarely reaches a size exceeding 40 cm, but the average height in our latitudes is 10-15 cm. In most cases, the plant is blue in color with a pronounced yellow eye. However, sometimes there are white or pink specimens, which, regardless of the pigment, gather in a special inflorescence in the form of a curl and actively dissolve in May, delighting us until the middle of June.
This species is found in Asia, Europe, South and North America and even in Australia and New Zealand. The plant prefers a humid climate, sunny meadows and fresh soil. However, for example, the marsh forget-me-not feels great on the outskirts of the marshes, on the banks of large reservoirs or even streams.
It is difficult to imagine that even such shorties have fruits represented by shiny and smooth nuts of a triangular-ovoid shape.
Forget-me-not. Flowers Where did the name come from?
As you know, usually solid words, for example, scientific or sociocultural terms, cross borders and are gradually introduced into another culture or language. Now they decided to designate objects of the modern world or new phenomena. Much less often are we able to borrow, say, parts of speech designed to describe appearance, nature, or character. But the forget-me-not, like a tiny scout, was lucky to take root in the Russian language.
The thing is that in almost every language in Europe it sounds like a native: "forget-me-not" - in England, "Vergimeinnicht" - in Austria or Germany; "ne-m", "oubliez-pas" - say the supporters of the style and manners of the French, "nomeolvides" - pronounced by passionate Spaniards. And these are just a few examples. What do they have in common? But the fact is that all of them, translated into our native Russian language, sound like a desperate request: “Don’t forget me, please!”
Scientists linguists are inclined to believe that over time the verb in the imperative mood has turned into a slightly sad noun.
Although there is another point of view. According to her, forget-me-not - a flower whose name is a distorted form of edification or order: "Do not forget!"
Forget-me-not. Flowers A pictorial image in legends
Perhaps there is nothing strange in the fact that this plant has become symbolic in the myths and legends of the planet.
Finding the very first tale of forget-me-nots was quite difficult. However, most likely, the beginning of the history of the flower was once laid by the Greeks, who, as you know, possessed a rich imagination. The myth of a beautiful goddess named Flora has survived to this day. It was she who bestowed all living things with names. It so happened that she forgot about a tiny and at first glance inconspicuous flower, but later, in order to make amends for her own guilt, she awarded him not only with an unusual name, but also with the ability to return people to their memory, recalling friends, relatives or the homeland as a whole.
