Tasmania
has two native species of Hackelia. H.
suaveolens was until recently known as Cynoglossum
suaveolens and H. latifolia was known as Austrocynoglossum
latifolium. They are small-medium sized herbs which
superficially resemble forgetmenot (Myosotis)
but differ in that the mericarps ("seeds") in Hackelia
are bristly.
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