Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 1394

Genus ja:

Genus en: Alkanet

# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)

Accepted:

Family: Boraginaceae

Family ja: ムラサキ

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Distribution en:

Description en: Genus of about 35 species of erect to spreading or mound-forming annuals, biennials, and perennials, often short-lived, occurring in sunny, dry sites, including roadsides, stony hills, cliffs, and grassland, in temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and W. Asia. They have alternate, linear-lance-shaped to elliptic leaves, sometimes with a covering of bristly hairs, and are grown for their tubular, usually blue flowers with 5 spreading lobes, borne in terminal and axillary cymes. Grow dwarf species, such as A. cespitosa, in tufa or in a rock garden, raised bed, or trough. Taller species are ideal for a herbaceous border. The flowers are attractive to bees.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

Cultivation en:

Propagation en: Sow seed of annuals at 13-16°C (55-61°F) in late winter or early spring. Sow seed of perennials in containers in a cold frame in spring. Root basal cuttings in spring, or insert root cuttings in winter.

Pests en: Prone to mildew.

Description ja:

Comment:

Comment ja: ウシノシタグサ，アフリカワスレナグサ

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57