Common name:
Green alkanet
Family:
Scientific name:
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Main flower color:
Range:
Most widespread in Wales and south/central England; less common further north
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, hedgerows
Flowers:
Corollas are five-lobed, blue, white at the centre, with the tube shorter than the lobes; the calyces below are correspondingly short, and divided into five narrow lobes. Flowers form as compact clusters from the upper leaf nodes, and each is subtended by a leafy bract
Leaves:
Ovate, with prominent, branched veins and wavy, ciliate margins, up to 20 cm long. May have small blisters dotted across the surface. Stalked around the base of the stem, stalkless above
Season:
April to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
