following: Allan, H.H. (1961), Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. p. 829
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Myosotis macrantha var. diversa Simpson & Thomson
Determiner:
G Simpson & J.S. Thomson
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Myosotis macrantha (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mount Pollux, head of Wilkin River, Mount Aspiring National Park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
44.232355 S 168.87372 E (WGS84 -44.232355 168.87372)
Verbatim locality:
Mount Pollux, head of Wilkin River, Lake Wanaka
Verbatim collector:
G Simpson & J.S. Thomson
Standardised collector:
George Simpson; John S. Thomson
Verbatim date:
Land District:
Otago Land District
Ecological District:
Arawata
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Stony debris.
Notes:
TYPE . See TRSNZ 73, 1943,162
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
A. More robust plants with larger darker flowers. No glands on flower dissected. Rosette leaves tend to be glabrous beneath. Approaching var. pulchra.
B. Less robust, with paler smaller flowers. Flower dissected has some small glands. Leaves about inflorescence of left-hand specimen have hairs of rosette-leaves. These specimens smaller than described for var. ? abnormal.
L.B. Moore, July 1957
Supplementary remarks:
Photograph of CHR 75723, Type of Myosotis macrantha var. diversa G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson