Boraginaceae
Green alkanet
Pentaglottis sempervirens
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Pentaglottis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Asturian
- Llechuga de caballu
- Czech
- Pilátka vždyzelená
- Dutch
- Overblijvende ossentong, Groene ossentong
- English
- Green alkanet, Evergreen bugloss
- Finnish
- Varsankieli
- French
- Buglosse toujours verte
- German
- Ausdauernde Ochsenzunge, Grüne Ochsenzunge, Immergrüne Fünfzunge, Spanische Ochsenzunge
- Irish
- Boglas spáinneach
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hestetunge
- Swedish
- Hästtunga
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r-gwrid gwyrdd
- Western Frisian
- Oerjierske kowetonge
Synonyms
- Anchusa adamii Mazziari
- Anchusa sempervirens L.
- Anchusa vulgaris Dumort.
- Buglossa sempervirens (L.) Gray
- Buglossum sempervirens (L.) All.
- Caryolopha sempervirens (L.) Fisch. & Trautv.
- Omphalodes sempervirens (L.) D.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cowslip fairy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kaja Viglasova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jmvilaboa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mai Meiga, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Anharion, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.