Anchusa azurea Mill. (Anchusa italica)

Taxonomy

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Anchusa

Species

italica

English name

Italian bugloss

Italian name

Buglossa azzurra

Distribution

Europe, North Africa and West Asia.

Chorological type

Eurimediterranean

Habitat

Uncultivated areas, field and road sides, dry
grazing land (0 - 1200 m)

Flowering time

IV - VII

Nectar

Pollen

Pollen colour

Yellow, Brown

Honeydew

Pollinators

Bombus Osmia Apis mellifera Andrena nasuta Colletes nasutus

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES:
Pignatti S. - Flora d’Italia (3 voll.) - Edagricole - 1982
Reader’s digest encyclopaedia of garden plants and flowers - Reader’s Digest - Milano - 1988
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Intoppa F. - Fiori e api - Edagricole - 2000 - www.bombus.it/pdf/ fiori_e_api/fiori_e_api.pdf
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Atlas of world unifloral honeys - Fai Apicoltura - 2019
Simonetti G., Frilli F., Barbattini R., Iob M. - Flora di interesse apistico - Appendice a APICOLTURA Numero 5 - 1989
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol VI - 2000
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol I - II - III - IV - V 56- 1980
The Plant List - www.theplantlist.org
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Plants For A Future - www.pfaf.org/
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Florabeilles (INRA) - www.florabeilles.org
Floridata - floridata.com/home
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Worldfloraonline, An Online Flora of All Known Plants - www.worldfloraonline.org/