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Accession Data:

Anchusa azurea Mill.

  • Common Name: Italian Bugloss, Italian Alkanet
  • Family: Boraginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Europe and western Asia

  • USDA Zone: 3a-10a

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500115
  • Source: Annies Annuals
  • Accession Date: 09-11-2015
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: active - marginal
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-08-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Boraginales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • SubFamily: Boraginoideae
  • Tribe: Boragineae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Hungary / Baleares / Corse / France / Portugal / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Sicilia / Yugoslavia / Krym / East European Russia / Ukraine / Algeria / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Canary Is. / Madeira / Eritrea / Kazakhstan / Kirgizistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan / Transcaucasus / Afghanistan / Cyprus / Iran / Iraq / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Turkey / Pakistan

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 14 September 2015.
  2. Anchusa azurea at Wikipedia. Accessed 14 September 2015.
  3. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Tuesday, 28 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:37:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
Tribe Boragineae

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Subfamily Cordioideae

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Subfamily Heliotropioideae

  • Heliotropium arborescens Alba
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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