| Wood Forget-Me-Not |
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| File size | 328646 |
| Original date | 6/23/09 2:40 PM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-S650 |
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Botanical name: Myosotis sylvatica Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Myosotis amoena
Synonyms: Myosotis amoena
Wood Forget-Me-Not is a charming, small true blue
flower with a yellow eye, and is quite a common wildflower in the
Himalayas. It is a tiny flower, only a few millimetres across. 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". This is a
flower connected with romance and tragic fate. It is a perennial herb
up to 30 cm tall. Flower limb is 5-7 mm broad; blue or bluish-purple.
Sepal-cup is 1/2 to 3/4 partite into lanceshaped sepals. Stem is erect,
simple, sometimes with few branches, sparsely to densely vinous. Basal
leaves are elliptic-oblong to inverted-lanceshaped, 3-5 x 1.5-3 cm.
Stem leaves are inverted-lanceshaped, sometimes lanceshaped-blunt,
apiculate, uppermost ones similar but smaller and stalkless. Wood
Forget-Me-Not is is found in N. Africa, Europe, C. Asia, Siberia, and
Western Himalaya, at altitudes of to 3300-4000 m. Flowering:
June-August
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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