Boraginaceae
Italian bugloss
Anchusa azurea
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Anchusa
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- لسان الثور الأزرق
- Armenian
- Կավաժիպակ իտալական
- arz
- لسان الثور الازرق
- Azerbaijani
- İtaliya sümürgəni
- Basque
- Idi-mihi
- Bulgarian
- Италианско винче
- Catalan
- Buglossa
- Chinese
- 牛舌草, 天蓝牛舌草, 天藍牛舌草, 牛舍草, 牛舌草花, 牛舌草（意大利牛舌草）, 蜻蜓, 意大利牛舌草
- Croatian
- Modri volujak
- Czech
- Pilát modrý
- English
- Italian bugloss
- Finnish
- Sinirasti
- French
- Buglosse d'Italie
- Georgian
- Პატარძალა
- German
- Italienische Ochsenzunge
- Japanese
- ウシノシタグサ, アンチューサ・アズレア
- kab
- Tilkit n wuccen
- Macedonian
- Италијанско воловско јазиче
- Persian
- آنچوسا آزورا
- Polish
- Farbownik lazurowy
- Russian
- Воловик итальянский
- Slovak
- Smohla talianska
- Slovenian
- Modri volovski jezik
- Spanish
- Alcaluz, Asperon barbudo, Asperon encarnado, Asperón barbudo, Diablos, Leguaza moruna, Lenguabuey, Lenguaza negra
- Tajik
- Говзабон
- Ukrainian
- Воловик темно-блакитний
- Uzbek
- Govzabon, Hoʻkiz tili, Ho‘kiz tili
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r-gwrid glas
Synonyms
- Anchusa amoena J.F.Gmel.
- Anchusa biceps Vest
- Anchusa italica Retz.
- Anchusa lucida Vitman
- Anchusa macrophylla Lam.
- Anchusa paniculata Aiton
- Buglossum amoenum Gaertn.
- Buglossum caeruleum Pers.
- Buglossum elatum Moench
- Buglossum italicum Tausch
- Buglossum paniculatum Tausch
- Buglossum vulgare Tausch
- Lycopsis macrophylla Desr.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 731 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Kurzawa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Alberto Salguero assumed, 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.