Alkanet Explained

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
• Alkanet or field bugloss, Anchusa arvensis
• Bastard alkanet or field gromwell, Lithospermum arvense
• False alkanet, Cynoglottis barrelieri
• Green alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves
• Yellow alkanet,