Myosotis antarctica, Hook. f., Fl. Antarct., Hook. f., Fl. Antarct.

Prebble, Jessica M., Symonds, V. Vaughan, Tate, Jennifer A. & Meudt, Heidi M., 2022, Taxonomic revision of the southern hemisphere pygmy forget-me-not group (Myosotis; Boraginaceae) based on morphological, population genetic and climate-edaphic niche modelling data, Australian Systematic Botany 35 (1), pp. 63-94 : 85

Two subspecies of M. antarctica are recognised

Trichomes on rosette leaves flexuous, patent to erect on blade and margins; usually found at inland localities of the North and South Islands of New Zealand, but can be coastal in Fiordland, Campbell Island and Chile..................... Myosotis antarctica subsp. antarctica .

Trichomes on rosette leaves curved, and appressed to patent on lamina surfaces and margins; coastal localities of North, South and Stewart Islands (rarely inland)................... Myosotis antarctica subsp. traillii