Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis matthewsii L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 832, 973 (1961)
Synonymy:
Type citation: ‘Mauterangi, Kaitaia, Type: W[ELT SP00]2562, R.H. Matthews, Nov.–Dec. 1900.’ Type: Kaitaia, Nov.–Dec. 1900, R.H. Matthews s.n. (holo: WELT SP002562!†).
 Description

Plant erect or sprawling, possibly annual. Rosette lvs long-petiolate; lamina orbicular; hairs short, stiff, sparse, appressed, fewer abaxially. Lateral branches sometimes repeatedly branched; lvs mostly < internodes; lamina orbicular. Cymes not clearly defined; lf associated with fl. sessile, broadly ovate. Pedicel 2–3× calyx at fruiting. Calyx deeply divided; hairs on lobes confined to margins and ribs. Corolla white, 5–8 mm diam., openly campanulate; filaments = lobes.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Nov.–Jan.

 Bibliography
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