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Myosotis umbrosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble and Michael Thorsen described the species. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate habit, bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.
Myosotis umbrosa is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand in Otago, known only from the Rock and Pillar and Lammerlaw Ranges, from 915–1370 m elevation. It is found in shady, rocky areas often at the base of tors.
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 umbrosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
