Flower; Santa Marta, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer
Developing infructescence; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Santa Marta, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Santa Marta, Braga, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1041 Date of entry: 05.04.2009 Last update: 12.01.2020
English: Navelwort
German: Glänzendes Gedenkemein
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Boraginaceae (38)(family description)
Genus: Omphalodes (2)
Epithet: nitida Hoffmanns. & Link (3)
nitida => shining, smooth and clear, lustrous
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
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