Green Alkanet
Taken at Musselburgh on 25th April 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Ardmore Point on 14th August 2020 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Green Alkanet
Taken at Ardmore Point on 27th May 2018 using a Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Green Alkanet.
Species:
Order
Family:
Habit:
AKA: 		Pentaglottis sempervirens.
Boraginales.
Boraginaceae.
Perennial.
Evergreen Bugloss.
Habitat:
Height:
Feature:

Flowers:
Damp or shaded areas.
60 - 90 cms.
Its stamens are hidden inside narrow flower-tubes which end in a white eye in the centre of a blue flower. It is not native to Britain and was introduced pre- 1700.
April - July