Navelwort
Navelwort is a common name for two different plant genera:- * ''Omphalodes ''Omphalodes'' (navelwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, widely distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. In spring they produce blue or white flowers similar to forget-me-nots. Both the Greek ''Omphalodes'' ...'' * '' Umbilicus'' {{Short pages monitor ...
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Omphalodes
''Omphalodes'' (navelwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, widely distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. 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. '' O. verna'' and cultivars of '' O. cappadocica'' are grown in gardens for their blue flowers which in spring appear above the leaves in loose sprays. They are woodland plants, preferring some shade. Systematics The genus ''Omphalodes'' traditionally contained many species that have been split-off in 2014 and 2016 The Japanese "''Omphalodes''" and "''Omphalodes scorpioides''" turned out not to be closely related to ''Omphalodes'', and were separated as distinct genera, ''Nihon'' and '' Memoremea'' respectively. Serrano et al. separated the Iberian annual species as '' Iberodes''. This left the remainder of species from Western Eurasia as sister to New World speci ...
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