Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis albosericea Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 2: 738 (1867) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves silvery, numerous, spathulate, to 4cm long, on both faces appressed hirsute, flowers ca. 5mm across in cyme |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |