''Cynoglottis barrelieri'', Barrelier's bugloss or false alkanet,

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, ''Interactive Flora of the British Isles'', Cambridge University Press DVD ROM, 2004
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. It is a perennial native to southeastern Europe (Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, and Hungary), Crimea, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria. It is sometimes used as an

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Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted. *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''barrelieri'' – Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Hungary, Crimea, Lebanon, and Syria *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''longisepala'' – Bulgaria *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''serpentinicola'' (synonyms ''Anchusa serpentinicola'' and ''Cynoglottis serpentinicola'' ) – North Macedonia, northeastern Greece, and Asiatic Turkey

References

Boraginaceae Flora of Hungary Flora of Southeastern Europe Flora of the Crimean Peninsula Flora of Turkey Flora of Lebanon and Syria Garden plants {{Boraginoideae-stub