Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis discolor Pers. in Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 (J. A. Murray) 190 (1797)
Synonymy:
  • = Myosotis collina Hoffm. (1791)
  • = Myosotis versicolor (Pers.) Sm. (1814)
  • ≡ Myosotis arvensis var. versicolor Pers. (1905)
Vernacular Name(s):
Grassland forget-me-not
 Description

Annual herb with 1-many, erect, hairy branches to c. 25 cm high. Lower lvs shortly petiolate or subsessile, to c. 5 × 1 cm, oblong to oblong-spathulate, densely covered in straight hairs; apex obtuse to acute; upper lvs similar but smaller. Cymes ebracteate, usually elongating to > leafy part of stem after flowering. Pedicels always < calyx. Calyx c. 3 mm long at anthesis, elongating to 4–5 mm and becoming closed at fruiting; tube with spreading, hooked hairs; lobes c. 1/2 length of calyx. Corolla limb 1.5–2.5 mm diam., yellow or cream, becoming blue; lobes entire, concave. Style = or > calyx. Nutlets 1.2–1.5 × 0.75–1 mm, ovoid, dark brown or black, with very narrow rim.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Jan.

 Bibliography
Murray, J. A. 1798: Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima quinta. Edition 15.