Taxon: Anchusa officinalis L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

OR*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• alkanet   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• bugloss   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• common bugloss   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – English
  
• oxtongue   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• buglosse officinale   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – French
  
• gemeine Ochsenzunge   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – German
  
• gewöhnliche Ochsenzunge   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• buglossa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• buglosa   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• oxtunga   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Pulmonaria 76.)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide Pulmonaria 71.)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pulmonaria 71.)
  
• Weed   (fide Global Comp Weeds)
  

More:

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Sweden [s.]
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [w.]; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain - Baleares

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Utah
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - Buenos Aires, La Pampa

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. 76.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. [mentions].
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Anchusa officinalis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Anchusa officinalis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Anchusa officinalis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Anchusa angustifolia L.
  
• (=) Anchusa procera Besser ex Link
  

Check other web resources for Anchusa officinalis L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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