Myosotis pansa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.
Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with ebracteate (or partially bracteate) inflorescences and white corollas and exserted anthers.
The lectotype specimen of Myosotis pansa was collected by Donald Petrie, south of Karekare, Waitakere, Auckland, and is lodged at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (WELT SP002432).
Lucy Moore did not explain why she chose this name,[2] but it could refer to the spreading petal lobes mentioned in her description.
[5][6] Multiple individuals of both subspecies of Myosotis pansa were included in two studies that phylogenetically analysed amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs).
The upper surface of the leaf is uniformly or patchily covered in straight, appressed, antrorse (forward-facing) hairs.
Each rosette has multiple ascending, once-branched or rarely unbranched ebracteate or partially bracteate inflorescences that are up to 490 mm long.
[10] Myosotis pansa is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand from the Waitakere Ranges in Auckland to Waikato and northern Taranaki, from sea level to 200 m ASL.