Brunnera
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| B. macrophylla (Siberian bugloss) Botanischen Garten Augsburg | |
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Brunnera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are rhizomatous perennials, native to the woodlands of Eastern Europe and North West Asia. They have hairy leaves and sprays of blue flowers in spring.[1] Numerous cultivars are available, which are valued as groundcover in dappled shade. Some possess variegated foliage. The best known species is Brunnera macrophylla, known as Siberian bugloss or 'Jack Frost.'[2][3]
It is used as a shade plant in woodland gardens along streams of ponds and in naturalized areas as a specimen plant or clumped together as a border. 'Jack Frost's distinct silvery white leaves resemble frost on foliage.[2]
"Bugloss comes from Greek meaning ox tongue in probably reference to the roughness and shape of the leaves."[2]
References
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ a b c "Brunnera macrophylla". St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. nd. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Brunnera", Diversity of life, 19 December 2005, retrieved 19 March 2016
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