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Anchusa arvensis

(Annual Bugloss Anchusa Arvensis)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Annual Bugloss, Annual Bugloss Anchusa Arvensis, Bugloss, Small Bugloss

Common Names in Romanian:

Ochiul Lupului

Description

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Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Genus Anchusa

Herbs annual or perennial , sparsely strigose or hispid , rarely soft appressed pubescent . Stems erect or spreading . Leaves alternate. Cymes terminal , widely spaced in fruit, scorpioid; bracts lanceolate. Calyx 5-parted nearly to base or less; lobes equal or unequal, linear to triangular, often slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla blue-purple or yellowish, regular or slightly zygomorphic; tube usually longer than calyx, straight or arcuate or geniculate curved ; throat appendages scaly or tuberculate and short pubescent; limb campanulate ; lobes 5, equal or unequal, apex obtuse . Stamens inserted at or below middle of corolla tube, included ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers ovate-oblong, apex obtuse. Ovary 4-divided. Style included in corolla tube; stigma capitate, 2-cleft. Gynobase flat. Nutlets straight, reniform , or oblique-ovoid, reticulate-wrinkled; attachment scar at or near base, margin ringlike, thickened, hardened.

About 50 species: N Africa, C and W Asia, Europe; one species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: light blue

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: Not Applicable (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Aira atropurpurea Wahlenb.
  2. Deschampsia atropurpurea var. latifolia (Hook.) Scribn. Ex Macoun
  3. Deschampsia atropurpurea var. paramushirensis Kudo
  4. Deschampsia atropurpurea var. payettii Lepage
  5. Deschampsia atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Scheele
  6. Deschampsia pacifica Tatew. & Ohwi
  7. Vahlodea atropurpurea latifolia (Hook.) Porsild
  8. Vahlodea atropurpurea paramushirensis (Kudo) Hultén
  9. Vahlodea flexuosa (Honda) Ohwi
  10. Vahlodea latifolia (Hook.) Hultén

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Fl. taur.-caucas. 1:123. 1808

Name verified on 08-Feb-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Anchusa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 187 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acaulis · A. adami · A. aegptiaca · A. aegyptiaca · A. affinis · A. africana · A. agardhii · A. aggregata · A. altissima · A. amoena · A. amplexicaulis · A. angustifolia · A. angustissima · A. annua · A. arvalis · A. arvensis (Annual Bugloss Anchusa Arvensis) · A. arvensis orientalis · A. aspera · A. asperrima · A. atlantica · A. atlantica caerulescens · A. aucheri · A. azurea (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. azurea 'Blue Heaven' · A. azurea 'Dropmore' (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. azurea 'Feltham Pride' (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. azurea 'Italian Pride' · A. azurea 'Kingfisher Blue' · A. azurea 'Little John' · A. azurea 'Loddon Royalist' (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. azurea 'Morning Glory' · A. azurea 'Opal' · A. azurea 'Royal Blue' · A. barrelieri (Barrelier's Bugloss) · A. barrelieri longisepala · A. baumgarteni · A. biceps · A. bracteolata · A. caespitosa · A. calcarea · A. canescens · A. capellii · A. capensis (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. capensis 'Blue Angel' (Summer Forget-Me-Not) · A. capensis 'Blue Bird' · A. cesatiana · A. cespitosa · A. ciliata · A. clavata · A. coronensis · A. cretica · A. crispa · A. crispata · A. crispa subsp. maritima · A. cruciata · A. davidovii · A. deflexa · A. depressa · A. dregei · A. dubia · A. echioides · A. flava · A. foliosa · A. formosa · A. gmelini · A. gmelinii · A. granatensis · A. hirta · A. hispida · A. hispidissima · A. humilis · A. hyalotricha · A. hybrida · A. incana · A. incarnata · A. intermedia · A. iranica · A. italica · A. kunthii · A. lanata · A. lanceolata · A. lateriflora · A. laxiflora · A. leiosperma · A. leptophylla · A. leptophylla 'Blue Shower' · A. leptophylla incana · A. leptophylla 'Sapphire Blue' · A. leptophylla subsp. incana · A. leucantha · A. limbata · A. linearifolia · A. linifolia · A. littorea · A. 'Loddon Gold' · A. longifolia · A. lucida · A. luschani · A. lutea · A. lycopsidis

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Data Sources

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Footnotes

  1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Anchusa". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 358. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009