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Myosotis spatulata G.Forst.

Boraginaceae · Chatham Is., New Zealand North +1

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Myosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMyosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMyosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMyosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMyosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsMyosotis spatulata, photograph Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 12 photographs ›

Summary

Myosotis spatulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Georg Forster described the species in 1786. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Myosotis spatulata", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Myosotis

Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae. In the Northern Hemisphere, they are colloquially known as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses. The forget-me-not is the official flower of Alaska.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Myosotis", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

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Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeChatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“perennial” · “temperate” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Peter de Lange, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Myosotis 34 in the reference

Myosotis alpestris Myosotis alpestris Alpine forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Katrin SimonMyosotis antarctica Myosotis antarctica Boraginaceae Photo: CC BY, Irisa HudsonMyosotis arvensis Myosotis arvensis Field forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Ondřej KřivanMyosotis asiatica Myosotis asiatica Asian forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Matt BergerMyosotis australis Myosotis australis Australian forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Em LamondMyosotis azorica Myosotis azorica Azorean Forget-me-not Photo: CC BY-SA, C T JohanssonMyosotis brevis Myosotis brevis Tiny forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Angus CampbellMyosotis capitata Myosotis capitata Boraginaceae Photo: CC BY, Saryu Mae 前 朝琉Myosotis colensoi Myosotis colensoi Boraginaceae Photo: CC BY, Liadan DickieMyosotis decumbens Myosotis decumbens Boraginaceae Photo: CC BY, LjažMyosotis discolor Myosotis discolor Changing forget-me-not Photo: CC BY, Sean TMyosotis eximia Myosotis eximia Boraginaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Mike Dickison all 35 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Gymnomyosotis spatulata; Myosotis spatulata var. radicata; Anchusa spathulata; Myosotis staminea; Myosotis orbiculata. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Boraginaceae
Described by
G.Forst.
Native to
Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Myosotis spatulata G.Forst. (plant_name_id 2358218), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata not taken: two items answeredasked 2026-10-22not taken: two items carry Kew's IPNI identifier 150668-3, POWO 150668-3 (Q17416927, Q102182098)
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist taxon inat.taxon not asked
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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