Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis graminifolia DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 10: 110 (1846) |
Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1700-2400m |
Description | leaves broadly linear, obtuse, adaxially scabrously hirsute, abaxially subglabrous, flowers in elongate, racemose cyme, corolla lobes suborbiculate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State) |