Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Boglas spáinneach
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Green Alkanet
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Boglas Spáinneach
Family: Boraginaceae

Flowering: May-September. Perennial. Garden escape.

Cymes of bright blue flowers with white centres. Rough seeds. The leaves are oval or oval-lanceolate and un-toothed. Lower leaves are stalked, the upper more/less stalkless. A very stiff-hairy plant that seeds freely and can be invasive. Height: 30-60 cm

Hedgebanks, waste ground, scrub and gardens. Introduced from SW Europe. Mainly E, SE, N, scattered elsewhere in Ireland.

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Boglas spáinneach

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Boglas spáinneach
Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Boglas spáinneach

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