Myosotis traversii is a small alpine forget-me-not from the South Island of New Zealand, forming tufts or clumps of rosettes with white or yellow flowers. It is a wild mountain species rarely grown, and it needs cool, bright, free-draining conditions.
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately in the growing season and let the surface dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix with added grit or scree.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold well but protect from prolonged wet heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic
About
Myosotis traversii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described this species in 1864. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes which form tufts or clumps, with ebracteate, erect inflorescences, and white or yellow corollas with partly exserted stamens.
Where it grows
Myosotis traversii is a forget-me-not endemic to the South Island, in Marlborough, Western Nelson, Canterbury, Westland and Otago from 690 to 2280 m ASL, on rocks, boulders, shingle, scree, slips and saddles, often on bare, exposed, dry, sunny sites with few other plants.
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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.