Anchusa capensis Thunb.

Cape-forget-me-not (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Anchusa

Characteristics

Stem herbaceous, sulcate, erect, 1-2 ft. high, hirsute, usually unbranched; lower leaves oblanceolate, up to 5 in. long and 4 lin. broad, upper smaller and not narrowed below, hirsute with bulbous-based hairs; panicles terminal, formed of alternate racemose cymes; calyx 1 1/2 lin. long, hispid outside; lobes 5, obtuse; corolla-tube about as long as the calyx; nutlets rugose, rather granular.
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A herb. It has tall stems with grooves along them. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are bright green. They are narrow and long and rough and hairy to touch. The flowering stems are 1 m tall. The flowers are a vivid blue. They are on the top half of the stems. They have 5 bright blue petals. The seeds are inside small green cups.
Annual or perennial herb, 0.3-0.6 m high, shortly and softly hairy. Calyx deeply 5-Iobed. Corolla tube slightly longer than limb. Flowers blue; October to January and in April.
Softly or roughly hairy annual to 1 m. Leaves oblanceolate. Flowers in helicoid cymes lengthening in fruit, blue or dark blue. Nutlets ovoid, rugose with marginal wing.
Softly or roughly hairy annual, up to 1 m tall. Leaves narrowly ovate. Flowers in helicoid cymes lengthening in fruit, blue or dark blue. Nutlets ovoid.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Disturbed areas such as roadsides, usually in dry, sandy soils.
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It is a subtropical plant. It is not common in Swaziland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The flowers are added to salads. They are also used in drinks and desserts. The leaves are also eaten as a potherb.
Uses environmental use medicinal potherb
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 6 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Anchusa capensis world distribution map, present in Australia, Botswana, Lesotho, Myanmar, Namibia, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113215-1
WFO ID wfo-0000533581
COL ID DLWT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Anchusa capensis Anchusa dregei