? Alkanet
Dyer's Bugloss
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Alkanna Species: A. tinctoria
Binomial name
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch

The name alkanet generally refers to Alkanna tinctoria or Dyer's Bugloss (though it may be used for Anchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (992x744, 213 KB) Alkanna tinctoria, photo prise à Torreilles (France, Roussillon) en mai 2005 © Jean Tosti ] File links The following pages link to this file: Alkanet Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Genera many, see text Boraginaceae Juss. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ▶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ...

It is a member of the Borage family Boraginaceae. Genera many, see text Boraginaceae Juss. ...

Alkanna tinctoria is also known as orchanet, dyer's bugloss, Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc. Its name comes from the Spanish word alcana, from Arabic al-hena, after henna, (Lawsonia inermis). Species See text Echium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. ... Binomial name Lawsonia inermis L. Species Lawsonia inermis Henna is a dye found in hair coloring, that is also used in a temporary body art known as mehndi. ...

Alkanet is grown in the south of France and on the shores of the Levant. It has a dark red root of blackish appearance externally but inside showing a blue-red meat, surrounding a whitish core. Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a cloth dye and to tint tinctures, oils, wines, varnishes, etc. It was often used to improve the appearance of poor grades of port and similar wines, and to give the appearance of age to port wine corks. It is commonly used today as a food colouring. The Levant The Levant or ash-Shām (Arabic root word related to the term Semite)—also known as Greater Syria—is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in Southwest Asia south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and the... Yarn drying after being dyed in the early American tradition, at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... In medicine, a tincture is an alcoholic extract (e. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... It has been suggested that Red wine be merged into this article or section. ... Varnish is a finish applied to wood or other surfaces in order to provide a clear, hard, durable, protective finish. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Food additives are substances added to food to preserve it or improve its flavor and appearance. ...

It was listed in the 1918 U.S. Dispensatory. [1]

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References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.
• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 edition of The Grocer's Encyclopedia.