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Myosotis chaffeyorum
Chaffey Forget-me-not is a small, creeping perennial forget-me-not from the South Island of New Zealand, growing in rock crevices on limestone, marble or ultramafic bluffs. It needs alkaline or lime-rich, well-drained conditions and shade.
Myosotis chaffeyorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Carlos Lehnebach described the species in 2012. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a creeping habit, bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.
M. chaffeyorum is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand in Western Nelson, Sounds-Nelson and Marlborough, from (50–)550–1100 m elevation. M. chaffeyorum is found on limestone, marble or ultramafic bluffs and rocks, usually on bare, dry soils, in shady places. It is considered to be an obligate calcicole.
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 chaffeyorum 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.
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.
