Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis saxatilis Petrie, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 50: 208 (1918)
Synonymy:
Holotype: Awatere, Shingly Range, on dry rock at perhaps 4000 feet [1220 m], Cockayne s.n. [annotated ‘Type’ in Petrie’s hand] (lecto: WELT SP002612!*, designated by L. B. Moore in H. H. Allan (ed.), Fl. New Zealand 1: 819 (1961)); Upper Awatere, Shingly Range, Cockayne s.n. (possible isolecto: WELT SP002610!).
Etymology:
The species epithet is derived from Latin saxum (stone, rock), and means dwelling among rocks.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J.; Courtney, S.P.; Fergus, A.J.; Barkla, J.W.; Beadel, S.M.; Champion, P.D., Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Makan, T.; Michel, P. 2024: Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 43. [Naturally uncommon]
Meudt, H.M.; Thorsen, M.J.; Prebble, J.M. 2020: Taxonomic revision of the Myosotis australis group (Boraginaceae) native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 477–524.
Petrie, D. 1918: Descriptions of new native flowering-plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50: 207–211.