Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis cheesemannii Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 296 (1886) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1700-1800m |
Description | leaves to 12mm long, elliptic, subacute, broadly petiolate, appresed hirsute, stem leaves linear-oblong, 7mm long, flowers 2-4 in cyme, corolla 7-8mm across, tube cylindrical |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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) |