junemott

By junemott

Another little blue flower

This one is called Green alkanet. Looking in one of my wild flower books it says its name goes back to the Arabic al-henna or henna shrub whose roots supplied the red dye which Egyptian women used on their nails and hair! It can be found in damp woods and hedgerows and is possibly native to Devon and Cornwall.

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