Boraginaceae
Blue-eyed-Mary
Omphalodes verna
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Omphalodes
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- حشيشة السرة الربيعية
- Czech
- Pupkovec jarní
- English
- Blue-eyed-Mary, Creeping navelwort, Creeping forget-me-not
- Estonian
- Kevad-nabaseemik
- Finnish
- Kevätkaihonkukka
- German
- Frühlings-Nabelnüsschen, Frühlings-Gedenkemein
- Lithuanian
- Pavasarinis poraitis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårkjærminne
- Persian
- چشم ونوس آبی, چشم ونوس ابی
- Polish
- Ułudka wiosenna
- Russian
- Пупочник весенний, Омфалодес весенний
- Serbian
- Мишје уво
- Slovak
- Pupkovec jarný
- Slovenian
- Spomladanska torilnica
- Swedish
- Ormöga
- Ukrainian
- Незабудка повзуча, Повзуча незабудка, Пупівник весняний
- Welsh
- Mari lygatlas
Synonyms
- Cynoglossum omphaloides L.
- Cynoglossum vernale Salisb.
- Omphalium vernum (Moench) Roth
- Omphalodes omphaloides (L.) Voss
- Omphalodes repens Schrank
- Picotia verna (Moench) Roem. & Schult.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 240 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: stolbovsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christian Kahle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marc Hermann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Afanasovich, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Camilla Lund Kristensen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tina Ellegaard Poulsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.