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Anchusa officinalis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Wohlenberger Strand, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; 7/2013 © Sonja Germer

Anchusa officinalis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Müritz, Boek, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany; 10/2014 © Sonja Germer

Anchusa officinalis - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Wohlenberger Strand, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; 7/2013 © Sonja Germer

Anchusa officinalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Müritz, Boek, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany; 10/2014 © Sonja Germer

Anchusa officinalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Wohlenberger Strand, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; 7/2013 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2143
Date of entry: 13.08.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common bugloss

German: Gemeine Ochsenzunge

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Boraginaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Anchusa (5)

            Epithet: officinalis L. (11)

officinalis => of practical use to man; official species in commerce, especially for medicinal purposes

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue

External links

Check for Anchusa officinalis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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