Anchusa azurea
Anchusa azurea
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Coarsely hispid to strigose perennial; stems erect, 20-150 cm. Leaves linear-elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 50-200 x 6-40 mm, ± entire to faintly undulate-crenate; indumentum dense, of soft or stiff setae. Inflorescence elongating considerably in fruit, bracts minute, linear-lanceolate. Calyx c. 8 mm in flower, 12-15 mm in fruit, divided almost to base into linear, acute lobes. Corolla violet or deep blue, occasionally paler or even white, tube 6-10 mm; lobes 5-8 mm. Stamens inserted at top of tube and overlapping the scales. Nutlets 6-10 x 2-3 mm, oblong, erect. Fl. 4-7. Fields, dry steppe, etc., s.l.-2500 m.
1. Leaves herbaceous, setulose to hispid
2.Leaves hispid to tuberculate-setulose ; upper leaves linear var. azurea
2. Leaves setulose and pubescent ; upper leaves broadly lanceolate var. macrocarpa
1. Leaves subcoriaceous, sparsely setulose var. kurdica
