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Alpine forget-me-not

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Alpine forget-me-not

This attractive little forget-me-not Myosotis suavis lives up to its scientific name – suavis means delightful or pleasing in Latin. It grows in rock crannies above 2,000 metres in the Aoraki/Mt Cook region.

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Hugh Wilson, Alpine plants – Highest of all, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11041/alpine-forget-me-not (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Wilson, published 1 March 2009.