(Anchusa sempervirens -> Pentaglottis sempervirens. Alkanet, also called bugloss, any plant of the 50 or so mostly Mediterranean species of the genus Anchusa and the closely related Pentaglottis sempervirens, bearing blue, purple, or white flowers, similar to those of forget-me-nots, on hairy herbaceous stems.They belong to the family Boraginaceae. Herbs-Treat and Taste is about herbs and spices and their uses in medicine and cookery.We give recipes and information which enable people to have a healthier diet which can prevent certain illnesses and alleviate symptoms such as a cough, sore throat etc.There is information on different herbs,their history ,what other people think or thought about them and what we think. The knowledge on medicinal and veterinary plants appears to be well preserved in Galicia. You can use it to decorate cocktails … It has a Root, thicker and shorter than that of Bugloss, something blackish without, and whitish within, perishing after Seed time, but rises again of its own Sowing, in the Spring of the Year. Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) is growing too. Pentaglottis sempervirens (≡ Caryolopha sempervirens). Like Dyers Bugloss, Alkanna tinctoria, for which it is frequently mistaken, green alkanet … Green Alkanet is a wild flower which grows freely in my garden under the shade of a tree. Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) The name Anchusa is derived from the Greek anchousa = paint, from the use of the root as a dye. III. : evergreen bugloss, green alkanet, evergreen alkanet. -Henriette.) Due to the rate of acculturation, which has increased since the 1980’s, popular human uses of medicinal plants are currently decreasing. I have been using a liquid feed made from green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), which works well on all my vegetables.But I have been told … The Description. The leaves are not edible, but the flowers are perfect as a garnish. I love the name Alkanet it sounds like an Egyptian God! 28. Engl. Pentaglottis sempervirens (L.) Tausch ex L. H. Bailey. The second part of its scientific, latin, name (Pentaglottis sempervirens) means ‘always alive’ or evergreen, possibly because the leaves start to appear in late winter or early spring, adding a splash of green to the last grey tendrils of winter. Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Green alkanet is a member of the borage family, and the flowers are actually blue rather than green. Pentaglottis sempervirens is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall. 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