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Omphalodes verna
It mphalodes verna can reach 20–30 cm in height. The plant has a stem that snakes across the ground (hence the alternative name of Creeping forget-me-not). It has its overwintering buds situated just below the soil surface (hemicryptophyte). This species can spread quickly, it is hard to uproot and by some accounts may even be invasive, but mostly coexists with other plants well. Its leaves are grooved, semi-evergreen and medium green, about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. They are veiny, with fine hairs and oval to heart in shape, and radipdly pointed at the tip. In Spring the plant produces clusters of 3-5 petiolated small, light blue hermaphrodite flowers with white or yellow star-shaped centers. The wheel-shaped corolla is fused and five-lobed and has a diameter of 7–15 mm. These plants bloom from March through May. The mericarps are hairy and navel-shaped, about 2 mm long.
It is widespread in Central and south-eastern Europe, Pyrenees excluded. It is also present in Quebec.
Spotted on Apr 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 10, 2013
4 Comments
omg, kod mene sve neke gerijatrija O_O
nije, u hrvatskoj raste samo jedna vrsta! biće da je onaj na 3 slici ostario :D
I onaj 3. je ljubičasti možda drugi var. nemam pojma!
plavi cvjetići....i još mišje uho <3