Strigose alkanet / كحلاء غثة / / هواء جوي / / خيلة

هوا جوآني / حنائية المزغبة

Alkanna strigosa Boiss. & Hohen.

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Edibility and Usage

Blooming period
February to May
Seed collection period
July to October

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Dark blue
  • Light blue
Life form
  • Chamaephyte
Foliage
Evergreen

Scientifc data

Genus
Alkanna Tausch
Family
Boraginaceae
Wikidata item
Q15572518
GBIF Item
Alkanna strigosa Boiss. & Hohen. (5661092)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. “Alkanna Strigosa Boiss. & Hohen.” Accessed January 2, 2023.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  5. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Alkanna strigosa Boiss. & Hohen. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/953 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.

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