Cleistes

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Genus: Brunnera
Species: Brunnera macrophylla
Name

Brunnera macrophylla (Adams) I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 54 (1924).
Synonyms

Basionym
Myosotis macrophylla Adams, Weber & Mohr, Beitr. Naturk. 1: 41 (1805).
Heterotypic
Anchusa myosotidifolia Lehm., Pl. Asperif. 23 (1818).
Brunnera myosotidiflora Stev., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1851) I. 582

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Gruziya).
Western Asia
Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Additional references

Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1978. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 825 pp., ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page.
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1984. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 1: Pteridophyta (ed. 2), Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones (Acanthaceae – Cneoraceae). c + 330 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève 1984. ISBN 2-8277-0151-0. Online version. Reference page.
Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2021. Brunnera macrophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 August 28. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Brunnera macrophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 August 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Brunnera macrophylla. Published online. Accessed: 28 August 2021.

Vernacular names
dansk: Kærmindesøster
Deutsch: Kaukausus-Vergissmeinnicht
English: False Forget-Me-Not, Siberian bugloss
suomi: Kaukasianrotkolemmikki, rotkolemmikki
français: Buglosse, Myosotis du Caucase
Nederlands: Kaukasisch vergeet-mij-nietje of Balkanvergeet-mij-nietje
svenska: Kaukasisk förgätmigej
Türkçe: Göğcegözü

Brunnera macrophylla, the Siberian bugloss, great forget-me-not,[1] largeleaf brunnera[2] or heartleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the Caucasus. It is a hardy, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, that can reach from 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) in height, and carries basal, simple cordate leaves on slender stems. Sprays of small blue flowers, similar to those seen in the related forget-me-nots, are borne from mid-Spring,[3] and bloom for eight to ten weeks.[4]

The plant is valued as groundcover in shady areas, and has clumps of large heart-shaped leaves of about six inches (15 cm); these usually have white or cream markings, and are present all season. Plants are happy in any shady area that stays relatively moist. It often self-seeds, appearing around the garden in other places. Clumps may be easily divided in early fall.

Brunnera macrophylla may be reflective of the ancient flora of forests around the Black Sea, based on chromosomal genetic evidence.[5]

The Latin specific epithet macrophylla means "larger-leaved".[6]

The variegated cultivars 'Hadspen Cream'[7] and 'Jack Frost'[8] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Brunnera macrophylla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
"GardenersHQ - Brunnera macrophylla". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
Selvi F et al. 2004. The Phylogenetic Relationships of Cynoglottis (Boraginaceae- Boragineae) Inferred From ITS, 5.8S and trnL Sequences. Plant Syst. Evol. 246: 195–209.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
"RHS Plant Selector - Brunnera macrophylla 'Hadspen Cream'". Retrieved 6 April 2020.
"RHS Plant Selector - Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'". Retrieved 6 April 2020.