Whiteflower Navelwort

(Iberodes linifolia)

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Description

Omphalodes linifolia, also known as Venus's navelwort, white-flower navelwort and petite bourrache, is an annual species of flowering plant native to Africa and Southwestern Europe,in dry open areas in full sun. The plant is small, growing to 30-40 cm (12-16 in) tall by 15 cm (6 in) wide, with blue-green foliage and tiny white or off-white flowers in Spring and Summer.This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Boraginales
Family:Boraginaceae
Genus:Iberodes
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