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Boraginaceae FAMILY

Anchusa arvensis

Anchusa arvensis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

The rough hairs of Bugloss have irritant properties[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Biennial
Growth—

Requires a sunny position in a light to medium well-drained soil. Thrives on moderately moist sandy and gravelly soils with moderate to low calcium content[1]. The flowers on the bugloss plants are noted for being attractive to a wide range of wildlife, particularly bees and other insects[1].

Propagation

Seed - sow in situ in the autumn or spring. If seed is in short supply, then sow it in spring in pots of sandy soil[2]. An overnight drop in temperature helps germination[3]. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 4 weeks at 21°c[3]. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the late spring. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Anchusa+arvensis>

Pollinators

Insects

References

  1. [1]The National Non-Food Crops Centre Crop Database — http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/crops/pd.cfm ↩︎An excellent on-line information source, with information on over 100 species (as of 2006) of plants being investigated as bio-crops.
  2. [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  3. [3]Growing from Seed. Volume 1. — Rice. G. (Editor) · Thompson and Morgan. · 1987 · ISBN - ↩︎Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation.
  4. [4]Flora of the British Isles. — Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. · Cambridge University Press · 1962 · ISBN - ↩︎A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
  5. [5]Flora of the USSR. — Komarov. V. L. · Israel Program for Scientific Translation · 1968 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN - ↩︎An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.