Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch
Alkanna tinctoria is a Mediterranean plant with bright blue flowers and distinctively colored roots. It has 30 dysploid tetraploid chromosomes.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch produces bright blue flowers. Its root is blackish on the outside, blue-red on the inside, and has a whitish core. This species is native to the Mediterranean region. Alkanna tinctoria has 30 chromosomes, and is classified as a dysploid at the tetraploid level (4x + 2).
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