Alkanna tinctoria Tausch

Alkanna (en), Cynoglosse à feuilles de giroflée (fr), Orcanette tinctoriale (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Alkanna

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Maritime sands, uncultivated ground, calcareous soils and pine forests.
More
It is a temperate and Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses dye material medicinal wood
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Liqueur (unspecified), Sclerosis(Uterus) (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Alkanna tinctoria leaf picture by Marilyne Renou-Garcias (cc-by-sa)
Alkanna tinctoria leaf picture by Romero Sánchez (cc-by-sa)
Alkanna tinctoria leaf picture by Koppány Párdi (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Alkanna tinctoria flower picture by Romero Sánchez (cc-by-sa)
Alkanna tinctoria flower picture by Didier Bazile (cc-by-sa)
Alkanna tinctoria flower picture by margarida vila (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Alkanna tinctoria world distribution map, present in France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112753-1
WFO ID wfo-0000525956
COL ID BSSH
BDTFX ID 81971
INPN ID 81288
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lithospermum tinctorium Alkanna lehmannii Baphorhiza tinctoria Buglossum tinctorium Anchusa bracteolata Anchusa tuberculata Anchusa rhizochroa Anchusa tinctoria Alkanna tinctoria subsp. lehmanii Alkanna tinctoria

Lower taxons

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. subleiocarpa Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tripolitana Alkanna tinctoria subsp. anatolica