PLANTS Profile for Anchusa (bugloss)

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PLANTS Profile

Anchusa L.
bugloss

Symbol:

ANCHU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Images:
Anchusa L.

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Distribution:
Anchusa L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Anchusa L.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Anchusa arvensis (L.) M. Bieb.. . Image Available.

Anchusa arvensis
small bugloss

Distribution of Anchusa azurea Mill.. . Image Available.

Anchusa azurea
Italian bugloss

Distribution of Anchusa barrelieri (All.) Vitman. .

Anchusa barrelieri
Barrelier's bugloss

Distribution of Anchusa capensis Thunb.. .

Anchusa capensis
Cape bugloss

Distribution of Anchusa officinalis L.. . Image Available.

Anchusa officinalis
common bugloss

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Anchusa L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Anchusa L. – bugloss

More Accounts and Images:
Anchusa L.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31714.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 07:13 PM CDT