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Alkanet is the name of several related plants in the borage family (Boraginaceae):
- Alkanet or common bugloss, Anchusa officinalis
- Alkanet or dyers' bugloss, Alcanna tinctoria, the source of a red dye; the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet"
- Bastard alkanet or field gromwell, Lithospermum arvense
- False alkanet, Cynoglottis barrelieri
- Green alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves
- Yellow alkanet, Anchusa ochroleuca
Alkanet may also mean:
- Alkanet (French Orcanète), the 24th day of the month of Messidor in the French Republican Calendar, named after the plant
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