Alkanets, Hound’s-tongues & Allies
Borage Family - Boraginaceae
Yellow Gromwell Neatostema apulumNative throughout the Mediterranean Region, from Macaronesia to the Middle East. Scattered in dry, stony places.
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Dyer's Alkanet Alkanna tinctoria
Native throughout the Mediterranean Region and much of eastern Europe. Scattered in dry, grassy places.
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Large Blue Alkanet Anchusa azurea
Native throughout southern Europe, eastwards to Central Asia. Scattered in dry, grassy places.
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Intermediate Alkanet Anchusa hybrida
Native throughout southern Europe, eastwards to Central Asia (replaced in Iberia by Anchusa undulata, with the two once considered to be subspecies of the same species). Scattered in dry, grassy places.
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Variegated Alkanet Anchusa variegata
Native to southern Greece and Crete. Common in dry, grassy places.
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Common Borage Borago officinalis
Native to the central and western Mediterranean basin. In disturbed and cultivated ground, but often also cultivated as a crop and garden plant.
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Early Forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima
Native throughout Europe to the Caucasus.
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Blue Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum creticum
Native to the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Central Asia. Frequent in grassy places.
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Cynoglossum columnae
Native in the Balkan Peninsula to western Turkey. Occasional in stony places.
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