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

Genus: Anchusa
Family: Boraginaceae subfamily: Boraginoideae.
Nomen number: 416237
Place of publication: Fl. taur.-caucas. 1:123. 1808
Name verified on: 08-Feb-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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 Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • annual bugloss   (Source: NPB State Noxweeds ) – English
  • bugloss   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • gewöhnlicher Acker-Krummhals   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German

Economic importance:

  • Weed

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland
    East Europe: Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy
    Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

References:

  • Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. (Pulmonaria) 72.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. (Zander Ency)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • National Plant Board. 2008–. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries. (NPB State Noxweeds) [re. common names for noxious weeds of Washington].
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
More:

Check other databases 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?416237 (09 February 2010)

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