A flowering plant (Hemerocallis fulva), also known as ヤブカンゾウ. The name 忘れ草 literally means 'forget-me-grass' and is associated with forgetting worries in classical poetry.
See also: ヤブカンゾウ
Orange daylilies are blooming in the garden.
Archaic or poetic term for tobacco, derived from the idea that smoking helps one forget troubles. Rare in modern usage; the usual word is タバコ.
See also: タバコ
In old documents, 忘れ草 sometimes refers to tobacco.
Standard kanji spelling for the plant name.
Katakana spelling, common in botanical contexts.
Variant spelling omitting the okurigana れ.
Ateji spelling; rarely used.
From 忘れ and 草. The daylily was traditionally believed to make a person forget sorrow, an association already found in early Japanese poetry.