Taxon: Anchusa arvensis (L.) M. Bieb.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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:

WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• annual bugloss   (Source: NPB State Noxweed WA [http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/washington.pdf]) – English
  
• bugloss   (Source: BSBI WA) – English
  
• wild bugloss   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names WA) – English
  
• gewöhnlicher Acker-Krummhals   (Source: Zander Ency WA) – German
  
• fårtunga   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn WA) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide NPB State Noxweed)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Armenia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

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. 72.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Anchusa arvensis.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Anchusa arvensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Lycopsis arvensis L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Anchusa arvensis (L.) M. Bieb.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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