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Myosotis saxatilis is a small perennial forget-me-not, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, forming rosettes of hairy leaves with white flowers. It is a rock-dwelling alpine species, so it needs sharp drainage and cool conditions to thrive.
Myosotis saxatilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Donald Petrie described this species in 1918. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with ebracteate inflorescences and white corollas with stamens that are fully included in the corolla tube or sometimes partly exserted.
M. saxatilis is found in the South Island of New Zealand in the regions of Marlborough, Westland, and Otago. It is listed by the New Zealand Threat Classification System as Naturally Uncommon. There is some evidence of hybridisation among other related species.
Myosotis saxatilis is endemic to New Zealand in Marlborough, Westland and Otago from 385 to 1560 (rarely up to 1830) m ASL, on rocks, bluffs, outcrops, ledges, scree, or banks.
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 saxatilis 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.
