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Taxon

Anchusa officinalis L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 133. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (33).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (33).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (31).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (31).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (20).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (20).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (26).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (26).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (28).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (28).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (29).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (29).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. (29a).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. (29a).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (19).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (19).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (30).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (30).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (18).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (18).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (32).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (32).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (34).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (34).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (35).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (35).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (22).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (22).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (21).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (21).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (24).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (24).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (25).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (25).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (27).JPG

Anchusa officinalis, Davidson, C 12157--Oregon. Wallowa Co. Imnaha River. 7 May 2013. DSC03887 (27).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine; introduced into Argentina Northeast, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Ireland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., et al. 12157

May 7, 2013

Location

United States, Oregon, Wallowa (Imnaha)

45.579306, -116.960556

Location Remarks

The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. 0.6 km NE past Summer Camp barn on Trail Creek Rd. Elev. 1371 m.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith, Sharon R. Christoph, Clark Shafer

Notes

Intermountain steppe.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Boraginales

Family

Boraginaceae

Genus

Anchusa

Specific Epithet

officinalis

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#295,508 of 335,497

Top 89%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →