Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Omphalodes Miller [398]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Navel wort

# spp.:

pub_year:

accepted: Accepted

Family: Boraginaceae

family_ja: ムラサキ

Infra familial classification:

distribution_en: Temp.Mexico, Eurasia

description_en: Genus of about 28 species of annuals, biennials, and perennials, some of which are evergreen or semi-evergreen, from a wide range of habitats in Europe, N. Africa, and Asia. They have clusters of simple leaves either in basal tufts or arranged alternately on stems. In spring and summer, they produce blue or white flowers, similar to forget-me-nots (Myosotis), each with a short tube and 5 spreading lobes, usually in terminal racemes or cymes, sometimes singly from the leaf axils. Most are shade-loving, used as ground cover in a border, or rock or woodland garden. Grow O. luciliae in a rock garden, scree bed, tufa or alpine house, use O. linifolia for an annual border or for cutting.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in spring: sow annuals in situ; sow perennials in containers in a cold frame. Divide perennials in early spring.

pests_en: Very susceptible to damage by slugs and snails.

description_ja:

comment:

comment_ja: オンファローデス

type_species:

Phylogenetic definition:

Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

family: