Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis spatulata G.Forst. |
Bibliography | Fl. Ins. Austr.: 12 (1786) |
Native Range | Chatham Is., New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | rooting, leaves in rosettes, orbiculate to broadly ovate, mucronate, thinly petiolate, shortly hirsute, flowers solitary, axillary, corolla 1-3mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anchusa spathulata R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. Gymnomyosotis spatulata (G.Forst.) O.D.Nikif. Myosotis orbiculata G.Simpson Myosotis spatulata var. radicans L.B.Moore Myosotis staminea Lehm. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |