Small is beautiful. A native forget-me-not, Myosotis pygmaea var. minutiflora in flower. The hairy brown leaves of this little annual form rosettes no bigger than a fingernail and the single yellow flower at the centre of the rosette is about the size of a pinhead.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 21
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45Small is beautiful. A native forget-me-not, Myosotis pygmaea var. minutiflora in flower. The hairy brown leaves of this little annual form rosettes no bigger than a fingernail and the single yellow flower at the centre of the rosette is about the size of a pinhead. Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 21
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