Green Alkanet - Pentaglottis sempervirens

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Description

A bristly plant usually of 30 to 60 cm in height. Stems branched, stem leaves unstalked. Flowers bright blue with a white scaly throat 8 to 10 mm in small long-stalked leafy cymes.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Damp or shady habitats, woodland margins, hedgebanks and cultivated land.

When to see it

April to July.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Frequent and widespread throughout most of Britain except the extreme north.

VC55 Status

Now common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in just 50 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    19 May 2007
  • David Nicholls
    Wirlybones Wood, Ratby
    18 April 2009
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    19 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Narborough Bog
    02 May 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Aylestone Meadows
    18 May 2013

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Green Alkanet
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Family:
Boraginaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
301
First record:
19/05/2007 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
14/10/2024 (Pugh, Dylan)

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  • David Nicholls
    Aylestone Meadows
    18 May 2013
  • David Gould
    Narborough Bog, Leics
    21 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    19 May 2007
  • Alan Semper
    Bottesford, hedge bottom
    03 May 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    15 April 2013
  • Alan Semper
    Bottesford, hedge bottom
    03 May 2013
  • HAPeacock
    Leicester Garden
    29 March 2012
  • Lostash
    Station Street Track, Whetstone
    17 May 2013
  • Ron.stevens
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    27 May 2013
  • Barbara Cooper
    Grantham canal, Hose
    27 May 2013
  • Barbara Cooper
    Grantham canal, Hose
    27 May 2013