Omphalodes japonica; Japanese navelwort
A flowering plant in the borage family, native to Japan. Botanical name Omphalodes japonica.
Omphalodes japonica blooms small blue flowers in spring.
Standard katakana spelling for this plant name.
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant name is usually written in katakana.
From 山 (yama, 'mountain') + 瑠璃草 (rurisō, 'Omphalodes'). The kanji 瑠璃 (ruri) refers to lapis lazuli, describing the blue flowers.