Alkanet

Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family (Boraginaceae):

  • Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, the source of a red dye; this is the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet"
  • Various other plants of the genus Alkanna, may be informally called alkanet
  • Alkanet or common bugloss, Anchusa officinalis
  • Alkanet or field bugloss, Anchusa arvensis
  • Bastard alkanet or field gromwell, Lithospermum arvense
  • False alkanet, Anchusa barrelieri
  • Green alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves
  • Yellow alkanet, Anchusa ochroleuca
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