Myosotis uniflora Hook.f.
Compact rounded cushion with woody taproot. Stems 1-5 cm long, crowded, ± erect, closely covered with imbricating lvs; lamina narrow-elliptic to almost subulate; tip subacute; hairs all stiff, appressed, ± overlapping. Flowering branchlets short, not projecting above cushion; fls terminal, usually solitary. Calyx hairs uniform, stiff, appressed, overlapping. Corolla yellow fading to white, both colours often present on a cushion, 4-5 mm diam.; tube long-cylindric. Filaments short; anther tips just above scales.
S.: Canterbury, C. Otago (rare).
Endemic.
Shingle riverbeds.
