Scientific name: Anchusa azurea
Date collected: April 18, 2011
Location collected: on campus of UCLA in Mathias Botanical Gardens
Habitat: Sides of arable fields, waste places, roadsides and steppes on stony hills.
Nativity: Anchusa azurea is not native to California, it is actually native to Southern Europe, Mediterranean region.
Special notes: Edible parts: flowers (raw), tender young leaves and young flowering shoots can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. A red dye is obtained from the root. This was at one time used as a basis for some cosmetics. The dried and powdered herb is used as a poultice to treat inflammations.
Resource(s):
-http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/perennials/Anchuaz.htm
-http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/a/anchusa-azurea=anchusa.php
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