Boraginaceae
Anchusa

Anchusa arvensis (L.) M.Bieb.

First published in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 123 (1808)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Introduced into:

Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Føroyar, Great Britain, Idaho, Ireland, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tasmania, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 2: 627-1887. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Zuloaga, F.O. & Zanotti, C.A. (eds.) (2022). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(3): 1-384. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1675] Armenia K000297342 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1684] Armenia K000297317 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1678] Armenia K000297344 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1709] Armenia K000297240 Yes
Miller, A.G. [271] Yemen K004577556 Yes
[W C Herny] [385] Afghanistan K004577573 Yes
[Newesky] [s.n.] K004577559 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [914] Iran K004577564 Yes
Conway, W.M. [55] Afghanistan K004577572 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [507] Afghanistan K004577580 Yes
Armstrong, J.A. [41] Iran K004577568 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [1311] Iran K004577562 Yes
Furse, P. [8375] Afghanistan K004577577 Yes
Becker [s.n.] K004577557 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Iran K004577567 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K004577565 Yes
[W.R. Henry] [118] Afghanistan K004577576 Yes
[Major Vicery] [s.n.] Afghanistan K004577571 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 453] United Kingdom K000914321 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K004577566 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [965] Iran K004577560 Yes
[WR Hery] [243] Afghanistan K004577574 Yes
Radde [s.n.] K004577558 Yes
s.coll. [693] Afghanistan K004577569 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [s.n.] Afghanistan K004577581 Yes
Griffith [552] Afghanistan K004577578 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [965] Iran K004577561 Yes
s.coll. [988] Afghanistan K004577570 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [914] Iran K004577563 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [569] Afghanistan K004577579 Yes
[WR Henry] [383] Afghanistan K004577575 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR317] United Kingdom Lycopsis arvensis K001935204 No
s.coll. [554] Lycopsis arvensis K004577961 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images