Anchusa azurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, known by the common names garden anchusa[1] and Italian bugloss (or just "bugloss"). It is a bristly perennial that may reach 1.5 meters tall and 60 centimeters wide.[2] It has straight lance-shaped leaves and petite tubular flowers about 15 millimeters across with five bright violet-blue petals.[3] These flowers, which typically appear in May–July, are edible and attract bees.[4] This species is native to Europe, western Asia, and eastern Maghreb[5] but is well-known elsewhere as a noxious weed. In Crete, it is called agoglossos (Greek: αγόγλωσσος) and the locals eat the tender stems boiled, steamed, or fried.
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