Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosotis traversii subsp. cantabrica (L.B.Moore) Meudt, Austral. Syst. Bot. 34: 301 (2021)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Myosotis traversii var. cantabrica L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 817, 973 (1961)
Type: South Island. Lake Ohou [Ohau], s. dat., leg. ign. s.n. (holo: WELT SP004827/A!*; iso: WELT SP004827/B, WELT SP004827/C; probable iso: WELT SP004827/D!*).
Etymology:
The epithet cantabrica refers to Canterbury, the main area where this subspecies is found.
 Description

Hairs on upper surface of rosette-lvs long, arcuate, hardly close enough to hide epidermis, on undersurface shorter, sparser, finer and mostly regularly retrorse. Stem-lvs oblong, mostly with rounded tips; the longest and stoutest hairs on undersurface strongly hooked. Infl. us. capitate even in fr.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Myosotis traversii var. cantabrica L.B.Moore]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Feb.–Mar.

 Bibliography
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. [as Myosotis traversii var. cantabrica L.B.Moore] [Not Threatened]
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. [as Myosotis traversii var. cantabrica L.B.Moore] [Not Threatened]