Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis oreophila Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 539 (1895 [1896]) – as Myosotis (Exarrhena) oreophila
Description
Rosette lvs linear-spathulate; hairs long, stiff, closely appressed, barely touching, some retrorse, especially on undersurface. Lateral branches ascending; stem lvs > internodes, linear-oblong. Cymes ebracteate, compact. Calyx hairs long and short. Corolla purple, funnelform; filaments = the large, shortly exserted anthers.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Nationally Critical]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Nationally Critical]
Petrie, D. 1896 ("1895"): Descriptions of Three New Native Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 538–539.
