Pentaglottis sempervirens

Green Alkanet - Overblijvende ossentong - Lengua de buey - Buglosse toujours verte - Grüne Ochsenzunge
English: Green Alkanet - Evergreen Bugloss - Alkanet
Nederlands: Overblijvende ossentong
Español: Lengua de buey
Français: Buglosse toujours verte
Deutsch: Grüne Ochsenzunge - Spanische Ochsenzunge

Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family
Flowering time: April-July
Height:30-90cm
Altitude: to 1600m
Colour: bright blue with a white scaly throat
Habitat: damp or shaded places, woodland margins, cultivated land, close to buildings
Distribution: native to southwestern Europe
Synonyms: Anchusa sempervirens - Caryolopha sempervirens







Note: Naturalized in Belgium, the Netherlands and Great Britain; in these countries the Green Alkanet was introduced as a garden plant.

Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, bijgoed stinsenflora, Picos de Europa, Puerto de Pandetrave, Posada de Valdeón, butterfly, Boloria selene