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Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis

Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis
Photo: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, CC BY 4.0

A forget-me-not subspecies endemic to the limestone cliffs of western Nelson in New Zealand's South Island, forming low perennial rosettes and mats. It is a wild, rare plant rather than a garden staple, and it needs limestone-like conditions to thrive.

Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist but never waterlogged, especially in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, alkaline, lime-rich mix; a little crushed limestone helps.
Temperature
Cool to mild coastal conditions; tolerates light frost; protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Hard

About

Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to southern South Island of New Zealand. Shannel Courtney and Heidi Meudt described this subspecies in 2021. Plants of this subspecies of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes which form stoloniferous mats, with long, ebracteate, erect inflorescences, and white corollas with exserted stamens.

Where it grows

Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis is a forget-me-not subspecies endemic to Western Nelson, South Island, New Zealand from 0–260 m ASL. It is found on faces or ledges of limestone cliffs, on sites with a lowland climate near the coast, and is considered to be an obligate calcicole.

Other Myosotis plants

Myosotis abyssinica · Myosotis afropalustris · Myosotis albiflora · 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myosotis brockiei subsp. dysis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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