anchusa

Etymology
From the genus name.

Noun

 * 1) Any plant of the genus  (within family ) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
 * 2) * 1835, Philip Miller, "Anchusa", entry in The Gardener's Dictionary, Volume I, 9th Edition, page 430,
 * Anchusa and Cinnabar were used by the antients to give an agreeable colour to their ointments; and Pliny tells us that where the anchusa was used, they added salt to prevent the oil in those compositions from becoming rancid.