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Myosotis uniflora is a small, low perennial forget-me-not from New Zealand's South Island that forms compact cushions or mats with cream to yellow flowers. It is grown in gardens mainly for its compact habit and needs free-draining, open conditions similar to its natural alpine and river-terrace habitat.
Myosotis uniflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1867. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate, compact, cushion or mat habit, short bracteate inflorescences, and cream to yellow corollas.
M. uniflora is distributed among cushion-fields and river terraces in the Canterbury and Otago regions. It is listed as Naturally Uncommon by the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
Myosotis uniflora is a forget-me-not endemic to the South Island of New Zealand in the ecological districts of Canterbury and Otago from 210–850 m ASL elevation. It is mainly found in Otago, but is also known from Westland, Canterbury and Fiordland from 1020–2130 m ASL. M. uniflora plants are found scattered throughout lowland river-bed flats and terraces, with other cushions, herbs and subshrubs. They are closely associated with cushionfield, moss-stonefield and stonefield plant communities in upper river catchments.
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 uniflora 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.
