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Pentaglottis sempervirens

Masterton.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Masterton.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Masterton.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

alkanet

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Blue

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Authority

Pentaglottis sempervirens (L.) L.H.Bailey

Ecology

Year naturalised

1958

Origin

S.W. Europe

Other information

Etymology

sempervirens: From the Latin semper ‘always’ and virens ‘green’, evergreen