Anchusa azurea
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Anchusa azurea is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Italian bugloss. It is a bristly perennial which reaches just over half a meter in height. It has straight lance-shaped leaves and petite tubular flowers of bright violet-blue. This species is native to Europe and western Asia but is well-known elsewhere as a noxious weed. In Crete
it is called agoglossos and the locals eat the tender stems boiled, steamed or fried.
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
it is called agoglossos and the locals eat the tender stems boiled, steamed or fried.