| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Alkanna orientalis (L.) Boiss. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 46 (1844) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to w. & c. Iran and Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| 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 | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Anchusa orientalis L. Baphorhiza orientalis (L.) Font Quer & Rothm. Camptocarpus orientalis (L.) K.Koch Lithospermum orientale (L.) L. Lycopsis mollis Vis. Oskampia trichotoma Moench |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |