Scientific Name: Omphalodes cappadocica
Common Name: Cappadocian navelwort, blue-eyed Mary
Family Name: Boraginaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Filtered shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, Blue, Violet, Apr-May
Fruit: Schizocarp, Green, Purple, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, ovate to lanceolate, most blades 6-10cm long x 3-4cm wide, flowers blue with white eyes in spring, to 5mm wide (look similar to forget-me-knot).