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Author Topic: Unknown Boraginaceae  (Read 1092 times)

Lori S.

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Unknown Boraginaceae
« 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.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 07:00:21 AM by Lori Skulski »
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Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 09:18:17 AM »
Perhaps Cynoglossum amabile, Lori, an annual plant I have in my garden in pink shade
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Re: Unknown Boraginaceae
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 08:02:16 PM »
I think cynoglossum, an annual but worth the space for the glorious shade of blue.
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