Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss.


Family	BORAGINACEAE
Genus species	Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss.
Synonyms	Lithospermum orientale (L.) L.
Habitat	rocky slopes
Description	leaves oblong to lanceolate, 10-20cm long, densely, shortly glandular hirsute, floral tube to 13mm long, limb ca. 9mm in diam.
Size	30-50cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter
Territory	Europe Southeastern Europe (Greece ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Sinai , Turkey ) Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia , Yemen)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	BORAGINACEAE Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1. 4: 46 (1844) Basionym: Anchusa orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 133 (1753) Synonyms: Baphorhiza orientalis (L.) Font Quer & Rothm. Camptocarpus orientalis (L.) K.Koch Lithospermum orientale (L.) L. ============================================================================= orientalis typica ined. Synonyms: Lycopsis mollis Vis. Oskampia trichotoma Moench Greece, Transcaucasus, w. Asia, Arabian Pen. 13 GRC 33 TCS 34 EAI IRN LBS PAL SIN TUR 35 SAU YEM orientalis integrifolia Post. Fl. Syria: 546 (1896) Syria 34 LBS orientalis leucantha (Bornm.) Hub.-Mor., Fl. Turkey 6: 420 (1978) Basionym: Alkanna leucantha Bornm., Magyar Bot. Lapok 30: 68 (1931) nw. Turkey 34 TUR