Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family (Boraginaceae):Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, the source of a red dye; this is the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet" Various other plants of the genus Alkanna, may be informally called alkanet Alkanet or common bugloss, Anchusa officinalis Alkanet or field bugloss, Anchusa arvensis 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