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Blue-eyed-Mary

Omphalodes verna

Also called Creeping-forget-me-not, Creeping navelwort

Blue-eyed-Mary
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. Alps to N. Appennini and C. Romania
Climate
temperate

About

Omphalodes verna, the creeping navelwort or blue-eyed-Mary, is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Omphalodes belonging to the family Boraginaceae.

Where it grows

It is widespread in central and south-eastern Europe, excluding the Pyrenees. It is also present in Quebec, Canada.

Other Omphalodes plants

Blue Eyed Betty · Navelwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Omphalodes verna by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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