Family: Boraginaceae Genus: AnchusaSpecies description: Perennial, rarely biennial, hispid with uniform hairs or setae; stems 20-80(-170) cm, erect. Leaves 50-120 x 10-20 mm. Cymes several, dense; pedicels very short, up to 5 mm in fruit; bracts equaling or shorter than calyx. Calyx 5-7 mm, up to 10 mm in fruit, divided to 1/2 way or almost to the base into lanceolate, acute lobes. Corolla violet or reddish, rarely white or yellow; tube 5-7 mm, equalling or up to 3/2 times as long as calyx; limb 7-15 mm in diameter; stamens inserted in upper half of tube and reaching or partly overlapping scales. Nutlets c. 2 x 4 mm, oblique ovoid.
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Distribution: Much of Europe, but absent from the extreem North, much of the West and parts of the Mediterranean region. Al Au Bl Bu Co Cz Da Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hu It Ju *No Po Rm Rs(*N, B, C, W, E) Su Tu [*Be *Fe Found: E.Romania, near Prut-river Date: 1992 Flora Europea:3-107 Literatuur:Notes: Pictures only of the white varant
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl