Summary ⁹

Echium vulgare (Viper's Bugloss or Blueweed) is a species of Echium native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia. It is also common in North America.

Description ¹⁰

It is a biennial or monocarpicperennial 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 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.

Distribution ¹⁰

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.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jaroslav Koleček, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/67045.jpg
2. (c) Steve Chilton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/73779416@N00/622539326
3. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Echium-vulgare-64905.JPG
4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/Echium%20vulgare%2000157.JPG
5. (c) Václav Hanzlík, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/13991.jpg
6. (c) Ondřej Zicha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/3977.jpg
7. Pavel Šinkyřík, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/94727.jpg
8. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/jko-echium-vulgare-01157.jpg
9. Adapted by Kate Wagner from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_vulgare
10. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_vulgare

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