| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Alkanna kotschyana A.DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 10: 98 (1846) |
| Native Range | s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1450m |
| Description | stems densely tomentose-lanuginose, leaves lanceolate, subamplexicaule, setose and sericeous-hirsute, upper leaves lanceolate-linear, flowers in raceme, calyx white lanate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Alkanna amplexicaulis A.DC. Alkanna bicolor Boiss. Alkanna brachysolen Boiss. Lithospermum orientale Kotschy ex DC. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |