''Cynoglottis barrelieri'', Barrelier's bugloss or false alkanet, Stace, C. A., ''Interactive Flora of the British Isles'', Cambridge University Press DVD ROM, 2004
Online version: ''Interactive Flora of NW Europe''
) is a

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in the

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. It is a perennial native to southeastern Europe (Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, and Hungary), Crimea, Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria. It is sometimes used as an

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Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted. *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''barrelieri'' – Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Hungary, Crimea, Lebanon, and Syria *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''longisepala'' – Bulgaria *''Cynoglottis barrelieri'' subsp. ''serpentinicola'' (synonyms ''Anchusa serpentinicola'' and ''Cynoglottis serpentinicola'' ) – North Macedonia, northeastern Greece, and Asiatic Turkey

References

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