Green alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, flowers closeup isolated against white
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Medium to tall, bristly perennial; stems erect or ascending, branched. Basal leaves oval to oblong, pointed, narrowed into a long stalk; stem leaves unstalked. Flowers bright blue with a white scaly throat, 8-10mm, in small, long-stalked cymes. Nutlets netted. Habitat: Damp to shady places, woodland margins, hedgebanks and cultivated land, often close to buildings, at low attitudes. Flowering Season: April-July. Distribution: SW Europe. Locally naturalized in much of Britain, Belgium and Holland. I found this nice Blue Flower in a Hedge in the Town of Almere (The Netherlands) in a Park setting.
Short to tall, rough-bristly perennial, occasionally biennial; stems erect, unbranched. Leaves long-lanceolate, 10-20mm wide, the lower stalked. Flowers bluish-red or violet, rarely white or yellowish, 7-15mm, borne in elongating coiled cymes; calyx divided to the middle. Nutlets conical, unstalked.
Flowering plants (Angiospermae): 1-5) Gypsy flower (Cynoglossum officinale); 6-9) Alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria); 10-11) True forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides, or Myosotis palustris); 12) Early forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima, or Myosotis hispida); 13) Annual bugloss (Lycopsis arvensis); 14) (Buglossoides arvensis, or Lithospermum arvense); 15-18) Oxtongue (Anchusa officinalis); 19) Honeywort (Cerinthe minor); 20-22) Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis, or Pulmonaria obscura); 23-26) Comfrey (Symphytum officinale); 27-29) Borage, or starflower (Borago officinalis). Hand-colored wood engraving, published in 1887.
Short to tall, rough-bristly perennial, occasionally biennial; stems erect, unbranched. Leaves long-lanceolate, 10-20mm wide, the lower stalked. Flowers bluish-red or violet, rarely white or yellowish, 7-15mm, borne in elongating coiled cymes; calyx divided to the middle. Nutlets conical, unstalked.