Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis saxosa Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 202 (1853) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves crowded, broadly ovate to obovate, 2-3cm long, densely long white hirsute, corolla 8-13mm across, infundibuliform, cyme dense, capitate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Exarrhena saxosa (Hook.f.) Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |