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Anchusa, Alkanet
Anchusa tinctoria, Alkanet Dyers Bugloss, Spanish Bugloss, Alkanna Salmon, Botanologia, 1710 Andrews, The botanist’s repository, 1809-1810 Hand-Atlas Medicinisch-Pharmaceutischer, 1884 Botanical name: Alkanna tinctoria (syn. Anchusa tinctoria, Lithospermum tinctoria)Salmon listed 6 varieties, only the first 3 being used medicinally: 1. Great Yellow Alkanet, Anchusa 2. Lesser Alkanet with purple flowers, Anchusa altera 3. Small Alkanet with…