Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 50: 209 (1918)
Synonymy:
Type: Edge of Inch Clutha, nr. Romahapa (in open bush), Clutha Co. Otago, Dec. 1891, D. Petrie s.n. (lecto (designated by Moore 1961): WELT SP002689! (A and B sheets); isolecto CHR 295327!).
  • = Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 161 (1943)
Type: Wairoa Gorge, Nelson, open sparely covered sunny slopes, s. dat., G. Simpson & J.S. Thomson s.n.(holo: CHR 75724! (image: CHR 550038!)).
Etymology:
The Latin words tener (soft, delicate) and caulis (stem) which make up the epithet refer to the ‘very thin and flaccid’ inflorescences (Petrie 1918, p. 209).
 Description

Diffuse herb; branches slender, rooting at nodes, usually rather flaccid. Lvs elliptic to broadly ovate, on very slender petioles; hairs short, closely appressed, even and sparse, few abaxially. Upper lvs > to much > internodes. Cymes simple or branched, several-flowered; internodes long; each fl. opposite its bract. Calyx hairs stiff, short, closely appressed, even and sparse. Corolla white to yellowish, 3–4 mm diam.; tube short, cylindric; filaments very short; anthers usually wholly included.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Nov.–Mar.

 Bibliography
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