Echium vulgare
- See also Viper's Bugloss (moth) for the insect.
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Echium vulgare (Viper's Bugloss or Blueweed)[1] is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia[2][3] and it occurs as an introduced species in north-eastern North America.[1][4]
Description
It is a biennial or monocarpic perennial plant growing to 30–80 cm (12–31 in) tall, with rough, hairy, lanceolate leaves. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue and are 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. The pollen is blue[5] but the filaments of the stamens remain red, contrasting against the blue flowers. It flowers between May and September. It is found in dry, bare and waste places.[6]
Distribution
It is native to southern and western Europe and Western Asia.[1] It has been introduced to North America and is naturalised in parts of the continent, being listed as an invasive species in Washington.[3]
Gallery
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Viper's Bugloss being pollinated by skipper butterflies
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Echium vulgare blåeld.jpg
Illustration of Echium vulgare
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Closeup of flower
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Viper's Bugloss colonizing the banks of a city highway..jpg
Viper's Bugloss colonizing the banks of a city highway
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 203.
- ↑ Flora Europaea: Echium vulgare
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Echium vulgare
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- ↑ Fitter, R. & A. (1974). The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins.
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