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Myosotis ultramafica is a small perennial forget-me-not endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, growing in rocky ultramafic (serpentine) terrain. It is a wild, Naturally Uncommon species with no established horticultural cultivation, so care guidance is limited.
Myosotis ultramafica is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble and Brian Rance described M. ultramafica in 2022. Plants of this forget-me-not are perennial with bracteate and prostrate to ascending inflorescences, and small, white corollas with partly exserted stamens. This species is Naturally Uncommon and only found on ultramafic substrates.
Myosotis ultramafica is a forget-me-not endemic to ultramafic areas of Southland, South Island, New Zealand, from 605 to 1300 m ASL, currently known from the following nearby locations: West Dome, Bald Hill, Black Ridge and the Livingstone Mountains. It is found on gravel pavements or in stonefields, on ultramafic substrates (such as serpentinite) on slopes or terraces, amongst tussocks and mānuka shrubs and often found with Gingidia decipiens, Gentianella serotina, Carex uncifolia and Wahlenbergia albomarginata.
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 ultramafica 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.
