Arnebia densiflora, (also called Macrotomia cephalotes) is a plant species belonging to the family Boraginaceae.

[3] Arnebia densiflora prefers mountain areas and places with dry and sunny rocky soils.

[4] The pigmented root of Arnebia densiflora, known locally as ‘Eyilik,’ is added to olive oil and applied on open wounds and cuts in Anatolia.

[4] After removing the root pieces the butter is mixed with beeswax to prepare an ointment for open wounds.

[5] It was first published in Flora Rossica Enumeratio sive Plantarum in Totivs Imperii Rossici Provinciis europaeis, Asiaticis, et americanis Hucusque Observatarum 3 (1.8): 140.