Iberodes linifolia

Iberodes linifolia (syn. Omphalodes linifolia), also known as Venus's navelwort, white-flower navelwort and petite bourrache, is an annual species of flowering plant native to the Iberian Peninsula and western France,^[1] but has naturalized elsewhere in Europe, North Africa, North America and Chile.^[2] The plant is small, growing to 30–40 cm (12–16 in) tall by 15 cm (6 in) wide, with blue-green foliage and tiny white or off-white flowers in Spring and Summer. It is distributed throughout dry open areas in full sun.

Iberodes linifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Iberodes
Species:	I. linifolia
Binomial name
Iberodes linifolia L.

The Latin specific epithet linifolia means “with leaves like flax (Linum)”.^[3]

Under the name Omphalodes linifolia, this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[4][5]