Alkanna tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. var.	Alkanet, Dyer's bugloss
	Habit: herbaceous Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 12in36in 12in36in Height: ⇕ 12 in to 36 in Width: ⇔ 12 in to 36 in Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer	Exposure: ☼ sun Water: ◍ Features: ✓ flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number. USDA Zones: 5 to 8 Sunset Zones: Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
	Boraginaceae > Alkanna tinctoria var. ,

The name alkanet generally refers to Alkanna tinctoria or Dyer's Bugloss (though it may be used for Anchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss).

It is a member of the Borage family Boraginaceae.

Alkanna tinctoria is also known as orchanet, dyer's bugloss, Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc. Its name comes from the Spanish word alcana, from Arabic al-hena, after henna, (Lawsonia inermis).

Alkanet is grown in the south of France and on the shores of the Levant. It has a dark red root of blackish appearance externally but inside showing a blue-red meat, surrounding a whitish core. Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a coloring/dye.

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