''Anchusa officinalis'', commonly known as the common bugloss or alkanet, is a plant species in the genus ''
Anchusa''.
The plant provides a great deal of
nectar for
pollinators
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains.
Insects are the ma ...
. It was rated in the top 10 for most nectar production (nectar per unit cover per year) in a
UK plants survey conducted by the AgriLand project which is supported by the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative.
Photo gallery
File:Anchusa officinalis.jpg, Macro view of ''Anchusa officinalis''
File:Anchusa officinalis inflorescence - Kulna.jpg, Flowers
File:Common Bugloss in early June.JPG, Anchusa officinalis in the UBC Botanical Garden.
File:Anchusa-officinalis-and-bee.jpg, Bumblebee hovers next to a stalk of a ''Anchusa officinalis'' plant.
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officinalis
''Officinalis'', or ''officinale'', is a Medieval Latin epithet denoting organisms—mainly plants—with uses in medicine, herbalism and cookery. It commonly occurs as a specific epithet, the second term of a two-part botanical name. ''Officinali ...
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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