Taxon: Anchusa azurea Mill.

Common names:

• buglosse d'Italie   (Source: L Noms French ed6 )
  
• garden anchusa   (Source: F BritStace )
  
• Italian alkanet   (Source: Man HerbPl )
  
• Italian bugloss   (Source: Man HerbPl )
  
• italienische Ochsenzunge   (Source: Zander Ency )
  
• large blue alkanet   (Source: Pulmonaria )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Man Herb Pl; Pulmonaria 73.)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide Pulmonaria 71.)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pulmonaria 71.)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan [s.]; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Hungary
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.w.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

References:

• Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. (Pulmonaria) 72.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. (L Noms French ed6)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. (Zander Ency)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit) [A. azurea auct. = A. italica Retz.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= A. italica Retz.].
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital) [A. azurea Rchb. an Mill.? = A. italica Retz.].
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [A. azurea Mill., nom. confus. = A. italica Retz.].
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
• Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4. (Man HerbPl)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest) [A. azurea auct. non Mill. = A. italica Retz.].

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Synonyms:

• (=) Anchusa italica Retz.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Anchusa azurea Mill.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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