Bugloss
Anchusa officinalis
Boraginaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Biennial
Native distribution
Europe, Asia Minor
Biocultural value
Azure blue flowers and tender, young leaves can be added to salads.
Location
Source of plant
Unknown
Description
Perennial or sometimes biennial to 1m, erect, hispid. Leaves to 12x2cm, linear to linear-oblanceolate. Inflorescence elongating in fruit; bracts linear; pedicels to 5mm in fruit; calyx to 10mm in fruit, lobes lanceolate, acute or obtuse; corolla dark blue, violet or red, sometimes white or yellow, tube to 7mm, limb to 15mm diameter. Nutlets to 2x4mm, obliquely ovoid.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
food