Myosotis pygmaea Colenso
M. ramificata Simpson in T.R.S.N.Z. 79, 1952, 426.
Rosette-lvs 1-3 cm. long (sts more), lamina obovate to spathulate, obtuse, petiole broad; upper surface hairy except towards base, undersurface almost or quite glab. Lateral branches few to many, decumbent, up to 9 cm. long, occ. branched, internodes us. < lvs. Stem-lvs similar to rosette-lvs near base, becoming sessile above, bracts diminishing in size, the lowest up to 10 × 5 mm. Cymes us. simple, few- to many-fld, bracteate throughout; internodes us. < bracts, sts very short; pedicels much < calyx, very hairy. Calyx us. lobed < halfway, lobes subacute; hairs us. long and short, ± stiff, none hooked but often some shortest retrorse. Corolla 0·5-3 mm. diam., tube cylindric, lobes narrow with obtuse tip; filaments very short, anthers < 1 mm. long, wholly included, tips occ. reaching level of scales; style < calyx, stigma capitate.
Key
A compound sp. closely related to M. antarctica but never with the crowded silky hairs of that sp.
