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It can be dormant in winter in colder districts. It is much planted as a garden ornamental flower in New Zealand. There is also white form in cultivation. | It can be dormant in winter in colder districts. It is much planted as a garden ornamental flower in New Zealand. There is also white form in cultivation. | ||
Photographed at Chatham Island early March.[ | Photographed at Chatham Island early March.[[File:1-Myosotidium hortensia Chatham Islands forget-me-not . Chatham Island March 2017.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Photographed at Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve. Wellington.<br /> | Photographed at Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve. Wellington.<br /> | ||
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Flowering November.<br /> | Flowering November.<br /> | ||
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Thanks to Wkipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wkipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 14:17, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotidium
Species: M. hortensia
Binomial name: Myosotidium hortensia
Common name: Chatham Islands forget-me-not, Kopakopa
Myosotidium is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. This genus is represented by the single species Myosotidium hortensia, the Chatham Islands forget-me-not, which is endemic to the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
Myosotidium hortensia is a fleshy herb reaching 60 cm or more high with huge glossy orbicular somewhat fleshy leaves and bearing clusters pale to dark blue flowers (1.7 cm in diameter) in the late spring.
It can be dormant in winter in colder districts. It is much planted as a garden ornamental flower in New Zealand. There is also white form in cultivation.
Photographed at Chatham Island early March.
Photographed at Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve. Wellington.
Thanks to Wkipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/