Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family (
Boraginaceae):
* Alkanet, ''
Alkanna tinctoria'', the source of a red dye; this is the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet"
* Various other plants of the genus ''
Alkanna'', may be informally called alkanet
* Alkanet or common bugloss, ''
Anchusa officinalis''
* Bastard alkanet or field gromwell, ''
Lithospermum arvense
''Lithospermum arvense'' (syn. ''Buglossoides arvensis''), known as field gromwell, corn gromwell, bastard alkanet, stone seed and Ahiflower®, is a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, as far north as Ko ...
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* False alkanet, ''
Anchusa barrelieri''
* Green alkanet, ''
Pentaglottis sempervirens
''Pentaglottis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It is represented by a single species, ''Pentaglottis sempervirens'', commonly known as the green alkanet, evergreen bugloss or alkanet, and is a bristly, pe ...
'', a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves
* Yellow alkanet, '
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