Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family (
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the or ...
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* Alkanet, ''
Alkanna tinctoria
''Alkanna tinctoria'', the dyer's alkanet or simply alkanet, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. Its roots are used to produce a red dye. The plant is also known as dyers' bugloss, orchanet, Spanish bugloss, or La ...
'', the source of a red dye; this is the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet"
* Various other plants of the genus ''
Alkanna'', may be informally called alkanet
* Alkanet or common bugloss, ''
Anchusa officinalis''
* Bastard alkanet or field gromwell, ''
Lithospermum arvense
''Lithospermum arvense'' (syn. ''Buglossoides arvensis''), known as field gromwell, corn gromwell, bastard alkanet, stone seed and Ahiflower®, is a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, as far north as Kor ...
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* False alkanet, ''
Anchusa barrelieri''
* Green alkanet, ''
Pentaglottis sempervirens'', a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves
* Yellow alkanet, '
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