Boraginaceae
Anchusa
Anchusa azurea

Anchusa azurea var. azurea

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is E. Central Europe to Medit. and W. Himalaya. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Madeira, Magadan, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Switzerland, Texas, Utah, Washington

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Ali, S.I. & Nasir, Y.J. (1989). Flora of West Pakistan 191: 1-200.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Chukavina, A.P. (ed.) (1984). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 7: 1-562. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Riedl, H. (1967). Flora Iranica 48: 1-281. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Schischkin, B.K. & al. (eds.) (1954). Flora Turkmenii 6: 1-402. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tamanyan, K.G. (2011). Checklist of Boraginaceae Juss. family in Armenia. Takhtajania 1: 60-69.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1962 Kotschy, C.G.T. [364] Anchusa italica K001085678 Unknown Type Material Yes
Genneou, A. [ARI1456] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577221 Yes
Rawi; Gillett [6879] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577205 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [[987]] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577217 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [980] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577218 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [364] Anchusa italica K001085680 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J.F. [8686] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577190 Yes
Graham, R.J.D. [s.n.] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577189 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1326] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577208 Yes
Ecoyomides, S. [ARI1061] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577209 Yes
Rawi; Gillett [7441] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577191 Yes
Guest, E.R. [1337] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577185 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [403] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577212 Yes
Wasserfall, E. [927] Anchusa italica K004578039 Yes
Poore, M.E.D. [s.n.] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577195 Yes
Colvill, W.H. [s.n.] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577184 Yes
Kotschy, T. [s.n.] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577231 Yes
Shahwani, A. [25312] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577203 Yes
Rawi, A.; Haddad, S. [25557] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577194 Yes
Guest, E.R. [1337] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577206 Yes
Stuart, J.B. [22] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577234 Yes
Edmondson, J.R.; McClintock, M.A.S. [E2742] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577223 Yes
[F. Kairn]; Hamid, H.; [M. Jasin] [40522] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577224 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1360] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577227 Yes
Sintenis; Rigo [s.n.] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577220 Yes
Shahwani, A. [25294] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577201 Yes
Syngrassides, A.I. [688] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577207 Yes
Khatib; Tikrity [29715] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577197 Yes
Syngrassides, A.I. [690] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577238 Yes
Chapman, E. [83] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577236 Yes
Casey, E.C. [234] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577219 Yes
Kas, J.A. [18582] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577200 Yes
[Joseph Al Kas] [18614] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577202 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [240] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577229 Yes
Helbaek, H. [1218] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577193 Yes
Helbaek, H. [1283] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577192 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [1102] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577215 Yes
Manoog Haradjian [730] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577233 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [364] Anchusa italica K001085679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lascelles, A.G. (Mr); Lascelles, M.E. (Miss) [s.n.] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577222 Yes
Ecoyomides, S. [ARI969] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577232 Yes
Price, W.R. [988] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577239 Yes
Serhang, I.; Rawi, A. [26523] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577204 Yes
Chapman, E. [83] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577237 Yes
Godman (Miss) [19] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577241 Yes
Laukkonen, P. [185] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577210 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [ARI496] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577235 Yes
Syngrassides, A. [1455] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577214 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1360] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577228 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [891] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577216 Yes
Price, W.R. [1048] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577240 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1361] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577226 Yes
Mapple (Miss) [17] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577211 Yes
Rawi [23010] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577198 Yes
Guest, E.R. [536A] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577187 Yes
Polunin, N.; Khudairi, A.K. [s.n.] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577199 Yes
Kennedy, E.W. [1864] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577225 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [398] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577213 Yes
Davis [3263] Cyprus Anchusa italica K004577230 Yes
Guest, E.R. [536A] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577188 Yes
Rawi (Dr) [8480] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577186 Yes
Robertson, V.C. [RB66] Iraq Anchusa italica K004577196 Yes

Sources

  • 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