Echium vulgare
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- See also Viper's Bugloss (moth) for the insect.
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Echium vulgare (Viper's Bugloss) is a species of Echium native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia.[1][2]
It is a biennial or monocarpic perennial plant growing to 30-80 cm tall, with rough, hairy, lanceolate leaves. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue and are 15-20 mm in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. Stamens remain red and stand out against the blue flowers. It flowers between May and September. It is found in dry, bare and waste places.[3]
It has been introduced to North America and is naturalised in parts of the continent, being listed as an invasive species in Washington.[2]
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- ^ Flora Europaea: Echium vulgare
- ^ a b Germplasm Resources Information Network: Echium vulgare
- ^ Fitter, R. & A. (1974). The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins.
- Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing.. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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