Boraginaceae
Alkanna
Alkanna tinctoria
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Alkanna
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- كحلاء مصبوغة
- arz
- كحلاء مصبوغه
- Azerbaijani
- Boyaq alkannası
- Bulgarian
- Синя айважива
- Catalan
- Alcanna
- Cebuano
- Alkanna
- Chinese
- 紫朱草
- English
- Alkanna, Alkanet, Dyer's alkanet, Dyer's bugloss, Dyers' bugloss, Languedoc bugloss, Orchanet, Spanish bugloss
- Finnish
- Alkanna, Värialkanna
- French
- Orcanette des teinturiers, Orcanette
- grc
- Ἄγχουσα
- Greek
- Αλκάνα η βαφική
- Hebrew
- אלקנת הצבעים
- Hindi
- रतनजोत
- Hungarian
- Homoki báránypirosító, Báránypirosító, Homoki pirosító, Piros ökörnyelv, Pirosítófű, Pirítófű
- Italian
- Alcanna
- Kazakh
- Boyawlı alkanna, Бояулы алканна, بوياۋلى الكاننا
- Korean
- 알칸나
- Kurdish
- Giyacîwa, گیاجیوا
- Polish
- Czerwienica barwierska
- Russian
- Алканна красильная, E103
- Spanish
- Lycopsis cyrenaica, Nonea violacea, Onochilis tinctoria, Onoquiles, Orcaneta, Rhytispermum tinctorium
- Swedish
- Alkanna
- Turkish
- Havacıva, Hava civa otu, Havaciva
- war
- Alkanna
Synonyms
- Alkanna lehmannii (Tineo) A.DC.
- Alkanna matthioli Tausch
- Alkanna tinctoria subsp. lehmanii (Tineo) Nyman
- Alkanna tuberculata (Forssk.) Meikle
- Anchusa bracteolata Viv.
- Anchusa rhizochroa Viv.
- Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L.
- Anchusa tuberculata Forssk.
- Baphorhiza tinctoria Link
- Buglossum tinctorium Lam.
- Lithospermum tinctorium L.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 169 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: connyklein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: adrian-syros, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Athan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MathKnight and Zachi Evenor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Barnaba Marinosci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Barnaba Marinosci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Barnaba Marinosci, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.