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Anchusa capensis
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Anchusa capensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho. The genus Anchusa is from the Greek word anchousa, which makes reference to its use as a dye base for cosmetic paint obtained from the roots of another plant in the genus Anchusa tinctoria. The species capensis translates to ‘from the Cape’ referring to South Africa
- Family
- Boraginaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Anchusa capensis
- Slug
- anchusa-capensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Anchusa
- Species
- capensis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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