Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis forsteri Lehm. |
Bibliography | Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 95 (1818) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves few, orbiculate to broadly elliptic, 2-4cm long, with equally long petiole, flowers 3-6mm across in small cyme |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Myosotis hamiltonii Colenso Myosotis polyantha Colenso Myosotis tenuifolia Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |