Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis colensoi (Kirk) J.F.Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 51 (1916)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Exarrhena colensoi Kirk (1896)
  • = Myosotis decora Kirk in Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 462 (1906)
  • = Myosotis colensoi (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 28 (1926) nom. illeg., non Myosotis colensoi (Kirk) J.F.Macbr. 1916 – as Myosotis Colensoi
Vernacular Name(s):
Castle Hill forget-me-not; New Zealand forget-me-not
 Description

Patch-forming mat plant. Rosette lvs 2–3 cm long, lanceolate; hairs closely appressed, ± overlapping, straight, longer and shorter intermingled, abaxially fewer and more even. Lateral branches decumbent; lvs > internodes, oblong, with hairs similar. Cymes usually simple, bracteate; internodes short. Calyx hairs mixed long and short, closely appressed. Corolla white, c. 8 mm diam.; tube cylindric; lobes flat; filaments short; anther tips protruding.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Dec.; Fruiting: Dec.–Jan.

 Bibliography
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Macbride, J. F. 1916: Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 48
Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. 2018: Species limits and taxonomic revision of the bracteate-prostrate group of southern hemisphere forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae), including description of three new species endemic to New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 31: 48–105.
Robertson, A.W. 1992: The relationship between floral display size, pollen carryover and geitonogamy in Myosotis colensoi (Kirk) Macbride (Boraginaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 46: 333–349.