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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.

M. pulvinaris Hook. f., Handbk N.Z. Fl.  193  (1864)

Compact rounded cushion, rooting from some nodes. Stems 1-3 cm long, crowded, ± erect, closely covered with imbricating lvs; lamina very broadly spathulate; tip broadly obtuse; hairs long, silky, crowded, ± appressed on both surfaces. Flowering branches very short, ± hidden, with a few narrow lvs surrounding solitary, terminal fl. Calyx hairs long, soft, copious. Corolla white, c. 6 mm diam.; tube 2× length of lobes. Filaments short; anther tips just protruding above scales.

S.: mountains of C. Otago.

Endemic.

High altitude cushion field and rocky places.

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