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Myosotis albiflora

Myosotis albiflora
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
temperate

About

Myosotis albiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to southern Chile and Argentina. This species was described by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in Joseph Dalton Hooker's 19th century work Flora Antarctica. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial and have white corollas. It is one of two native species of Myosotis in southern South America, the other being M. antarctica.

Where it grows

Myosotis albiflora is native to southern South America, including Chile (Aisén and Magallanes) and Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) from 0–50 m elevation. It is found in wet or moist sites in coastal areas on sand or rocks near beaches, streams, or waterfalls.

Other Myosotis plants

Myosotis abyssinica · Myosotis afropalustris · Myosotis albosericea · Alpine Forget-me-not · Myosotis amabilis · Myosotis angustata · Myosotis antarctica · Myosotis arnoldii · Field forget-me-not · Asian forget-me-not · Myosotis australis subsp. australis · Myosotis australis subsp. saruwagedica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myosotis albiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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