Myosotis forsteri
Myosotis forsteri. Forster's forget-me-not
Found in the North and South Islands from the Bay of Planty south in forest and along stream sides and around springs, seepages and on some damp shaded rock outcrops from sea level to about 1050m.
Recognised by its open habit and often a single rosette of rounded leaves on short petioles and long flowering stems up to 15cm long. Flowers 6 – 10 are spaced out along this stem. Flowers white about 6mm in diameter and the anthers protrude above the corolla.
One plant in cultivation collected from the Murcheson area had 24 opened flowers with up to 10 more in bud. In this plant the inflorescence was divided and forming fan shape providing even more flower. It flowers from October – April with its nice white flowers.
Easily grown and tolerant of a wide range of conditions, except full sun, it grows well in a moist but free draining soil, and does best in semi-shade. Fresh seed germinates readily, and plants freely set seed, producing numerous seedlings. In humid areas plants can get powdery mildew and prone rust infections.
Good plant for the garden, it is not a rocky alpine species so an ordinary garden is fine in semi shady moist soil. Its brownish green leaf colouring is a nice contrast to other plants. Its long flowering season also makes this attractive to grow.
Named after JR Forster and G. Forster, father and son botanists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second voyage to New Zealand in the Resolution.
This from “BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN NEW ZEALAND: THE VISITING BOTANISTS, J. R. FORSTER AND G. FORSTER — (COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE)”
“The Forsters are commemorated in the name Forstera, founded by the younger Linnaeus in 1780, for a genus of the family Stylidiaceae. Forstera is a peculiar group of plants with three species in New Zealand and one in Tasmania. The name forsteri has been given to several species of plants, for example, Carex forsteri (a sedge found from the North Cape to Foveaux Strait), Myosotis forsteri (a forget-me-not, also found in the North and the South Islands).”
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-OliVisi-t1-body-d1-d1-d3.html accessed 13 Jan 2019.
Found in the North and South Islands from the Bay of Planty south in forest and along stream sides and around springs, seepages and on some damp shaded rock outcrops from sea level to about 1050m.
Recognised by its open habit and often a single rosette of rounded leaves on short petioles and long flowering stems up to 15cm long. Flowers 6 – 10 are spaced out along this stem. Flowers white about 6mm in diameter and the anthers protrude above the corolla.
One plant in cultivation collected from the Murcheson area had 24 opened flowers with up to 10 more in bud. In this plant the inflorescence was divided and forming fan shape providing even more flower. It flowers from October – April with its nice white flowers.
Easily grown and tolerant of a wide range of conditions, except full sun, it grows well in a moist but free draining soil, and does best in semi-shade. Fresh seed germinates readily, and plants freely set seed, producing numerous seedlings. In humid areas plants can get powdery mildew and prone rust infections.
Good plant for the garden, it is not a rocky alpine species so an ordinary garden is fine in semi shady moist soil. Its brownish green leaf colouring is a nice contrast to other plants. Its long flowering season also makes this attractive to grow.
Named after JR Forster and G. Forster, father and son botanists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second voyage to New Zealand in the Resolution.
This from “BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN NEW ZEALAND: THE VISITING BOTANISTS, J. R. FORSTER AND G. FORSTER — (COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE)”
“The Forsters are commemorated in the name Forstera, founded by the younger Linnaeus in 1780, for a genus of the family Stylidiaceae. Forstera is a peculiar group of plants with three species in New Zealand and one in Tasmania. The name forsteri has been given to several species of plants, for example, Carex forsteri (a sedge found from the North Cape to Foveaux Strait), Myosotis forsteri (a forget-me-not, also found in the North and the South Islands).”
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-OliVisi-t1-body-d1-d1-d3.html accessed 13 Jan 2019.