Alkanna tinctoria

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Alkanna tinctoria f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Boraginaceae – dyer's alkanet, dyers' bugloss, that make a red (in presence of acids) or blue (in presence of alkalis) dye, of Mediterranean lands.

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