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Alkanna tinctoria
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| Alkanna tinctoria has a dark red root of blackish appearance externally but inside showing a blue-red meat, surrounding a whitish core. Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a cloth dye and to tint tinctures, oils, wines, varnishes, etc. It was often used to improve the appearance of poor grades of port and similar wines, and to give the appearance of age to port wine corks. It is commonly used today as a food colouring E103 (chrysoine resorcinol). |
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Hello Pentti,
It's a beautiful bunch of flowers. Thanks a lot for sharing this picture. Please start putting some more information about the plants along with their names.
Regards,
- Nirmal
nice close up, greetings Ori
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