Myosotis eximia

[David Lyttle]

The hair pattern of the two species is very different those on the Mt Hamilton plant being sparser.

Next picture is of Myosotis oreophila again from the North Dunstan Range where it grows with Myosotis cheesemanii. Now a picture of Myosotis cheesmanii in flower.
Next picture is of Myosotis colensoi. This plant is common in cultivation and is confined to the Broken River Basin in Canterbury. In terms of appearance the flowers of the two species look fairly similar.

Myosotis cheesemanii is recorded from the Pisa Range and Dunstan Range in Otago. The Mt Hamilton plant is quite distinct and does not fit into any of the three  other species I have shown. Having said what it is not I cannot catergorically say what it is but these alpine Myosotis species of have very restricted distributions especially Myosotis oreophila which is  apparently confined to one 0.5 hectare area in the North Dunstan Range. So Peter and Loiuse if you are reading this post you may be ahead of the professional taxonomists on this one!

[ChrisB]

Wow, David, those are gorgeous.  White flowers too?

[ChrisB]

Last comment posted whilst you were already posting the flowers    Wonderful little plants, very compact.  How exciting.  Only M. colensoi in our Plantfinder.

[David Lyttle]

Hi Chris,

The flower colour of Myosotis in this part of the world is predominately white with a few species being yellow or chocolate brown. Blue is the exception with only one species Myosotis capitata which is confined to the subantarctic islands south  of the mainland being blue.

[David Lyttle]

Here is a yellow flowered species - I think it is Myosotis australis.

[ChrisB]

Very pretty.  And some with chocolate coloured flowers too.  Wow.