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|wketx=[[File:Alkanna tinctoria2.jpg|thumb|Alkanna | |wketx=[[File:Alkanna tinctoria2.jpg|thumb|Alkanna tinctoria]] Alkanna tinctoria, the dyer's alkanet or simply alkanet, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. Its roots are used to produce a red dye. The plant is also known as dyers' bugloss, orchanet, Spanish bugloss, or Languedoc bugloss. It is native to the Mediterranean region. A. tinctoria has 30 chromosomes and is regarded as a dysploid at the tetraploid level (4x + 2). | ||
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