Anchusa

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 Anchusa subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Anchusa (anchousa, a. paint for the skin). Boraginaceae. Alkanet. Hardy annual, biennial or perennial plants, with blue or purple fls. in panicled scorpioid racemes or sometimes in headlike clusters; the corolla trumpet-shaped and the throat closed by scales: Lvs. alternate, usually hairy.—Of easy cult. in sunny position except A. italica var. "Dropmore," which is best suited in partial shade. Prop, by seed generally, but old perennials may be root-divided in spring.

A. Agardhii, Lehm. Lvs. linear. Siberia. Rare.—A. myosotidiflôra, Lehm. Lvs. large; radical ones long-petiolate, cordate-reniform; cauline ones sessile, oval. Siberia, Caucasus.—A. ochroleuca, Bieb. Perennial: 2 ft.: fls. yellowish white: Lvs. minutely strigose, lanceolate, ciliate. July, Aug.—A. sempervirens. Linn. Lvs. broadly ovate ; lower ones petiolate : racemes short, generally bracted at the base. Eu. Esteemed in France.


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