Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis traversii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 194 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1900m |
Description | leaves pale green, sericeous, oblong, spathulate, stems thick, glabrous, reddish, flowers with broadly ovate petals in cyme, corolla ca. 4mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | lemmon yellow, white |
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 |
Synonyms | Myosotis cockayneana Petrie Myosotis traversii var. cockayneana (Petrie) Cheeseman |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |