| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Alkanna tinctoria Tausch |
| Bibliography | Flora 7(1): 234 (1824) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Europe to Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-2200m |
| Description | shortly sericeous, grey setose, leaves lanceolate, obtuse, upper leaves subamplexicaule, flowers axillary, calyx lobes lanceolate-linear, acute, corolla outside glabrous |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Alkanna arietinella Hub.-Mor. & Reese Alkanna bracteolata Greuter Alkanna lehmannii (Tineo) A.DC. Alkanna matthioli Tausch Alkanna tinctoria var. baetica Lacaita Alkanna tinctoria ssp. glandulosa Hub.-Mor. Alkanna tinctoria var. lehmannii (Tineo) Halácsy Alkanna tinctoria ssp. lehmannii (Tineo) Nyman Alkanna tinctoria var. marica Podp. Alkanna tuberculata (Forssk.) Meikle Anchusa bracteolata Viv. Anchusa rhizochroa Viv. Anchusa tinctoria (L.) Link Anchusa tuberculata Forssk. Baphorhiza tinctoria (L.) Link Buglossum tinctorium (L.) Lam. Lithospermum commutatum Bianca Lithospermum lehmannii Tineo Lithospermum obtusum Vis. Lithospermum tinctorium L. Lycopsis cyrenaica Spreng. Nonea violacea Aucher ex DC. Onochilis tinctoria (L.) Bubani Rhytispermum tinctorium (L) Link |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, HUN Hungary) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |