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Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
also indigenous to S. Patagonia

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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1844
57, t. 38
ICN
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
species
Myosotis antarctica
Lectotype: first-step lecto designated by L. B. Moore in H. H. Allan (Ed.), Fl. New Zealand 1: 817 (1961)]: Campbell Island, on rocky debris near the sea and at considerable elevation (1000 ft), December 1840, J. D. Hooker 1609: K; second-step lecto designated by Prebble et al. 2022: K 000787899, syntype: K 000787901

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antarctica

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Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.

Rosette-lvs 10-20 × 4-5 mm., lamina obovate, obtuse, petiole short, broad; hairs on upper surface crowded, long, soft, silky, on under-surface fewer and disappearing with age. Lateral branches ∞, decumbent, up to 7 cm. long, occ. branched, internodes us. < lvs. Stem-lvs similar to rosette-lvs near base, becoming sessile above, bracts c. 5 × 2 mm. Cymes us. simple, few-fld, bracteate except at extreme tip, internodes, except the lowest, very short; pedicels c. 1 mm. long. Calyx c. 3 mm. long, lobes > 1/2 length, broad and subacute; hairs mostly very long and soft, a few short and closely appressed. Corolla blue (occ. white), 2-3 mm. diam., tube cylindric, 2 mm. long, lobes 1-1·5 mm. long, ± parallel-sided, narrowing above to obtuse tip; filaments very short, anthers < 1 mm., wholly included, tips not reaching scales; style < calyx, stigma clavate. Nutlets c. 1·5 × 1 mm., pointed.

Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.

Rosette lvs obovate; hairs crowded, long, soft, silky, few and caducous abaxially. Stem lvs > internodes. Cymes few-flowered, bracteate except at extreme tip; internodes short. Calyx hairs very long and soft. Corolla blue or occasionally white, 2-3 mm diam.; tube little > lobes; anthers wholly included.

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Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.

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Myosotis antarctica Hook.f.
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typification
Lectotype: first-step lecto designated by L. B. Moore in H. H. Allan (Ed.), Fl. New Zealand 1: 817 (1961)]: Campbell Island, on rocky debris near the sea and at considerable elevation (1000 ft), December 1840, J. D. Hooker 1609: K; second-step lecto designated by Prebble et al. 2022: K 000787899, syntype: K 000787901

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298071e2-6f70-4348-83cf-cd1eeab71fc4
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 September 2024
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