Anchusa
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Read about Anchusa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Anchusa (anchousa, a. paint for the skin). Boraginaceae. Alkanet. Hardy annual, biennial or perennial plants, with blue or purple fls. in panicled scorpioid racemes or sometimes in headlike clusters; the corolla trumpet-shaped and the throat closed by scales: Lvs. alternate, usually hairy.—Of easy cult. in sunny position except A. italica var. "Dropmore," which is best suited in partial shade. Prop, by seed generally, but old perennials may be root-divided in spring. A. Agardhii, Lehm. Lvs. linear. Siberia. Rare.—A. myosotidiflôra, Lehm. Lvs. large; radical ones long-petiolate, cordate-reniform; cauline ones sessile, oval. Siberia, Caucasus.—A. ochroleuca, Bieb. Perennial: 2 ft.: fls. yellowish white: Lvs. minutely strigose, lanceolate, ciliate. July, Aug.—A. sempervirens. Linn. Lvs. broadly ovate ; lower ones petiolate : racemes short, generally bracted at the base. Eu. Esteemed in France.
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