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Myosotis hikuwai is a small annual forget-me-not known only from one population near Wānaka in the South Island of New Zealand, where it is classed as Threatened. It grows on open gravel terraces in kānuka shrubland, so it needs full sun and well-drained, gritty soil to succeed.
Myosotis hikuwai is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble and Geoff Rogers described M. hikuwai in 2022. Plants of this forget-me-not are spring annuals with bracteate and erect inflorescences, and small, white corollas with inserted stamens. The species is considered Threatened and known only from one population near Wānaka.
Myosotis hikuwai is a forget-me-not endemic to Otago, South Island, New Zealand, and is only known from a handful of specimens from one large population in the Hikuwai Conservation Area near Wānaka at about 300 m ASL. It is found on gravel alluvial outwash terraces near the river Clutha / Mata-Au, in open kānuka shrubland and is sympatric with Myosotis brevis and Myosotis glauca.
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 hikuwai 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.
