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Omphalodes
Sign in to saveOmphalodes (navelwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It includes eleven species native to Europe and western Asia. In spring they produce blue or white flowers similar to forget-me-nots.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
Native toAlbania, Austria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Spain
Observations recorded20,744
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 104
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, NHMUK, CAS, VT, MEL, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, United States, Tibet, Japan, Turkey, Anatolia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Boraginaceae
- Image
- Omphalodes scorpioides2 eF.jpg
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- Category:Omphalodes
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- Omphalodes
- taxon name
- Omphalodes
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Omphalodes (navelwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It includes eleven species native to Europe and western Asia. In spring they produce blue or white flowers similar to forget-me-nots.
Both the Greek Omphalodes (navel-like) and the English "navelwort" refer to the shape of the seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Omphalodes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.