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Omphalodes luciliae

Rock Navelwort · Rock Forget-me-not

Family BoraginaceaeGenus Omphalodes

A few small sky-blue flowers among oval blue-green leaves, growing from a crack between rocks
FlowerHubert SztylerCC0
A plate of a low trailing plant with oval blue-green leaves, its stems carrying pink buds and flat five-petalled flowers, with two dissections below.
IllustrationDenis.prévôtCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
Sky blueRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Greece, Iran, Iraq, TürkiyeGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 4 days to germinate.

100% germination in 4 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Omphalodes p. 51Public domain
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Omphalodes (Boraginaceae). Four species had germ. 100% on 4th d in 70D (1 st Suppl.). O. luciliae alba germ; 70D(100% on 4th d) when fresh and 63% after 2 y DS.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Omphalodes p. 51. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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