Stem erect, about 600 mm [as '2 ft.'] high, hispid with deflexed hairs; lower leaves elliptic-lanceolate, much attenuate below, upper ovate, rounded at the base, hispid with usually bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces; inflorescence much-branched; calyx 2–3 mm [as '1-1 1/2 lin.'] long, enlarging in fruit, with adpressed curved (but not hooked) hairs outside; lobes lanceolate, 3-nerved; corolla blue, 3 mm [as '1 1/2 lin.'] in diam.; tube about as long as the calyx; lobes shortly oblong or suborbicular, obtuse; throat-scales slightly bilobed, yellow, pubescent; stamens inserted near the top of the corolla-tube; anthers oblong; connective produced above into an obtuse appendage; style as long as the corolla-tube; nutlets dorsally compressed, smooth. Var.?, glabra C.H.Wright; leaves glabrous beneath except near the apex. From: Wright, CH. 1904. Boragineae. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4: 2-45. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15241#page/10/mode/1up] [All rights reserved]
Herb, up to 0.6 m high. Hairs on calyx not hooked. Flowers blue; November to January and in May. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Streambanks and marshy areas. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
November to May
1800 to 3200 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
FSA
SA
BOT
NAM
ESW
LES
WC
EC
NC
FS
GA
KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| forget-me-not | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Boraginales
FAMILY Boraginaceae
SUBFAMILY Boraginoideae
TRIBE Cynoglosseae
GENUS Myosotis
SPECIES afropalustris
34 results for Myosotis afropalustris C.H.Wright
Year
Barcode: PRE0139952-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, 134 | 1933-11-15
South Africa, Eastern Cape, ALIWAL NORTH
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0103630-0 Collector(s) & number: Groenewald, C, 104 | 1987-12-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cobham State Forest. Polelo River.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0524731-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 8153 | 1977-11-2
Lesotho, MOUNTAIN ROAD; LIKHALANENG
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139935-0 Collector(s) & number: Wylie, JM, TRV 34237 | 1931-10-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, GREYTOWN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139943-0 Collector(s) & number: Dieterlen, A, 326A | --
Lesotho, LERIBE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139942-0 Collector(s) & number: Dieterlen, A, 326B | 1912--
Lesotho, LERIBE; NEAR LERIBE, MT. SLOPE AT HLOTSE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0530850-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 8496 | 1978-12-1
Lesotho, BUSHMANS PASS; TOP OF PASS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0485480-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 4159 | 1977-1-16
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, SANI PASS SUMMIT; HODSON'S PEAK; SUMMIT SLOPES
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0122012-0 Collector(s) & number: Ngwenya, AM, 1658 | 1997-11-19
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Newcastle District, Ncandu Reserve, c. 500km from Hiker's Cottage.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139938-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 10139 | 1928-10-13
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, BERGVILLE DIST.; ROYAL NATAL NAT. PAR; RAVINE DEVILS HOEK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0604726-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 8985 | 1980-2-
Lesotho, BUSHMENS PASS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0648729-0 Collector(s) & number: Halliwell, B, 5059 | 1983-3-20
Lesotho, MOUNTAIN ROAD; 32.5 KM EAST OF THABA PUTSOA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139951-0 Collector(s) & number: Rattray, 37 | 1917-12-
South Africa, Eastern Cape, SOUTH EASTERN DIST.; HOGSBACK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0471266-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 1554 | 1971-12-
Lesotho, MALIBAMATSO VALLEY; OXBOW
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0468531-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 4451 | 1974-11-2
Lesotho, ROMA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0234094-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 21345 | 1948-12-28
Lesotho, MAMALAPI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139925-0 Collector(s) & number: Beeton, HW, PRE 40866 | 1916-11-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, WAKKERSTROOM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139945-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 21404 | 1948-12-31
Lesotho, MAMALAPI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0105153-0 Collector(s) & number: Greene, TR, 278 | 1988-12-30
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Game Pass Farm. In small forest above Bells Vlei.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139939-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 9540 | 1928-11-6
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, NOTTINGHAM ROAD
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139930-0 Collector(s) & number: Moss, CE, 1248 | 1917-12-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, CAROLINA
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139926-0 Collector(s) & number: Devenish, NJ, 1199 | 1964-12-6
South Africa, Mpumalanga, WAKKERSTROOM DIST.; OSHOEK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0723954-0 Collector(s) & number: Hutchings, A, 1462 | 1985-1-31
South Africa, Eastern Cape, THABA CHITJA; ONGELUK'S NEK; KILLARNEY
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0532722-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 4239 | 1977-11-19
Lesotho, LIKALANENG; 77 KM. FROM MASERU ON MOUNTAIN ROAD
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139932-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 13049 | 1932-12-19
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST; DULLSTROOM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0103440-0 Collector(s) & number: MacDevette, K, 2250 | 1988-2-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cobham State Forest. Sani Pass.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0143295-0 Collector(s) & number: Nyembe, NA, 14 | 2009-12-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Sisonke District Municipality Area. KwaSani Municipality Area. Underberg, Drakensberg. Lake Naverone property.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0648657-0 Collector(s) & number: Halliwell, B, 5202 | 1983-3-30
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, SANI PASS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0080606-0 Collector(s) & number: Scott, J, 125 | 1984-4-18
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak, Catchment 10.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139929-0 Collector(s) & number: Scheepers, JC, 823 | 1960-1-4
South Africa, Limpopo, LETABA DIST; DUIWELSKLOOF; WESTFALIA ESTATE BY SIDE OF RAILWAY TRACK SECOND EMBANKMENT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0139948-0 Collector(s) & number: Rogers, FA, 28049 | 1927-10-2
South Africa, Eastern Cape, BATHURST DIV.; PORT ALFRED
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0081924-0 Collector(s) & number: Schrire, BD, 1648 | 1984-2-11
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak, Dranage area. Grid 445/414.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0642521-0 Collector(s) & number: Schmitz, MO, 9184 | --
Lesotho, BLUE MOUNTAIN PASS
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2019
SERIES CHAPTER
Boraginaceae Retief, EIn: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(1)688-698
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2017
SERIES CHAPTER
Boraginaceae Retief, E; Meyer, NLIn: E Retief & NL Meyer (eds), Plants of the Free State: Inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 415-424
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1997
SERIES
Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJStrelitzia 6: 1-681
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
1904
No results found for Myosotis afropalustris C.H.Wright
Status and criteria
NE
Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
BOOK
Mecenero, S., Ball, J.B., Edge, D.A., Hamer, M.L., Henning, G.A., Krüger, M., Pringle, E.L., Terblanche, R.F. and Williams, M.C. 2013. Conservation assessment of butterflies of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland: Red List and Atlas. Saftronics (pty) Ltd and Animal Demography Unit, University of Cape Town
OTHER
SANBI 2012. Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland [vector geospatial dataset] 2012. Available from the Biodiversity GIS website.. South African National Biodiversity Institute. South African National Biodiversity Institute. 0:0
| Part(s) of plant used | Use(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | Hysteria (Used by: Basotho) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Unspecified | Hysteria (Used by: Zulu) | Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved] |
| Plant | Hysteria (Used by: Zulu) | Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved] |
| Plant | Hysteria (Used by: Basotho) | Hutchings, A; Scott, HA; Lewis, G; Cunningham, AB (eds). 1996. Zulu medicinal plants: an inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. [All rights reserved] |
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