Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis laeta Cheeseman |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 236 (1885) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-1200m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, narrowly spathulate, winged petiolate, finely sericeous, stem leaves narrowly oblong, sessile, acute, flowers 10-12 in cyme, corolla ca. 8mm across |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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) |