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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Lori S. on September 08, 2009, 06:43:27 AM

Title: Unknown Boraginaceae
Post by: Lori S. on September 08, 2009, 06:43:27 AM

These plants, which I grew these from seed this spring, are clearly not Cyclamen coum... oddly enough, I tended them inside for months before I really noticed, which is rather embarrassing, actually.  (In retrospect, I suppose the seeds themselves should have given it away, doh!  :-[)... But anyway, I'm having trouble pinning down what they are, exactly.  Omphalodes?  Anchusa?  An ID or direction would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
Post by: Rodger Whitlock on September 08, 2009, 07:35:58 AM

Looks like an omphalodes to me. Most likely O. verna, simply because that's the most common, but could be almost any species in the genus.

Title: Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
Post by: gote on September 08, 2009, 08:36:33 AM

The flowers look exactly like Omphalodes verna - the leaves not. O verna has heart shaped leaves at the bottom. Ovate leaves on the stem and thinner and less hairy stems.
Sorry I can only say what it is not.
Cheers
Göte

Title: Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
Post by: fleurbleue on September 08, 2009, 09:18:17 AM

Perhaps Cynoglossum amabile, Lori, an annual plant I have in my garden in pink shade

Title: Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 08, 2009, 08:02:16 PM

I think cynoglossum, an annual but worth the space for the glorious shade of blue.