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Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore

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L.B.Moore
L.B.Moore
1961
812, 972
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Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
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Myosotis elderi
Myosotis elderi honours teacher, electrical engineer, and botanist Norman Lascelles Elder (1896–1974) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, ‘who drew attention to its presence in the Tararua Range’ (Moore 1961, p. 813).

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elderi

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Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore

Perennial herb with adventitious roots from bases of old rosette-lvs. Rosette-lvs us. c. 2-3 cm. × 6-10 mm., lamina obovate, longer than the winged petiole, obtuse; hairs long, ± spreading, almost or quite absent on undersurface which is always glab. in old lvs. Lateral branches decumbent, up to 6 cm. long, internodes < lvs. Stem-lvs c. 10 × 5 mm., about oblong, ± acute, often distichous; bracts smaller, narrower, acute; hairs rather long on both surfaces and fringing margin. Cymes us. simple, often < 12-fld, bracteate in lower part at least, internodes short; pedicels very short. Calyx 4-5 mm. long in fl., up to 8 mm, in fr., lobes c. 1/2 length, broad, subacute, the whole calyx evenly covered with mixed long and short spreading soft hairs. Corolla white, blue or pinkish, c. 6 mm. diam., tube c. 5 mm. long, cylindric, lobes c. 2 × 2.5 mm., broadly and bluntly rounded, overlapping at sinus, flat; filaments short, anthers > 1 mm. long, tips protruding above rather large scales; style c. 2 × calyx, stigma capitate. Nutlets dark, the few seen 1·4-2 × 0.9-1·2 mm.

Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore

Rosette lvs, 2-3 cm long, obovate; hairs long, silky, ± spreading, few or 0 abaxially. Lateral branches decumbent, rooting from some nodes. Stem lvs < internodes, often distichous; bracts smaller, with long hairs fringing margins. Cymes simple, few-flowered, bracteate at least in lower part. Calyx evenly covered with mixed long and short spreading soft hairs. Corolla white, blue, or pinkish, c. 6 mm diam.; tube cylindric; filaments short; anther tips protruding.

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Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore

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Etymology
Myosotis elderi honours teacher, electrical engineer, and botanist Norman Lascelles Elder (1896–1974) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, ‘who drew attention to its presence in the Tararua Range’ (Moore 1961, p. 813).

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1 January 2000
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