Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis colensoi (Kirk) J.F.Macbr. |
Bibliography | Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 51 (1916) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 900-1900m |
Description | crowded flat leaf rosettes, leaves elongate, lorate, grey green, sericeous, 10-30mm long, flowers 8mm across, sessile, usually in small cymes |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Exarrhena colensoi Kirk Myosotis decora Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |