Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : ancit
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:Anchusa azurea Miller, Anchusa officinalis Villars, Buglossum elatum Moench, Anchusa angustifolia L.
Classification: Boraginaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: golden anchusa
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Italienische Ochsenzunge ; ES : carmelita descalza ; FR : andryala à feuilles entières ; IT : buglossa azzurra ; PT : tripa-de-ovelha ; EN :
Biological type: Annual, Perennial
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Seedling:
- Cotyledons elongated spoon shape.
- Entire leaves, lanceolates, more or less dentate.
- Height: 30-80 cm.
- Stem erect, branched, hispid with straight hairs, base with small tuber.
- Leaves oblong, lanceolate and entire. Lower leaves attached to petiole and upper leaves sessile.
- Flowers rose or blue, tall in 2 scorpioid cymes gathered in large panicle. Corolla 10-15 mm diameter.
- Fruit divided into 4 greyish highly wrinkled parts.
- Plant leaves are used in Italy as a vegetable?
Flowers and leaves are emollient, diuretic and used against coughs.
- Risk of confusion with Echium plantagineum L.
- Biological type: annual to perennial.
Mistake with: Echium plantagineum
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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