Family Index

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Scientific Name

Myosotis australis

Family Name

BORAGINACEAE

Common Name

Southern Forgetmenot

Status

Height

6-40cm

Flowers

Flowers yellow or white, with rounded petals, in clusters on the end of the main stem and on the ends of the axilliary branches.

Fruit

Nutlets

Form

Annual herb with stiff, bristle-like hairs on the upper part of the stem, and leaves in a basal rosette. Leaves on the lower parts of the stem are alternate.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Widespread, from coastal sand dunes to mountains at 1000m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed. Some species have a 2-3 month after-ripening period. Suitable below powerlines. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Mar

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Nutlets are dark brown and 1.5mm long.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes