Viper's-Bugloss/Blueweed
Echium vulgare
Summary 4
Echium vulgare — known as viper's bugloss and blueweed — is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia and it occurs as an introduced species in north-eastern North America.
How to recognize it? 5
Purplish-blue funnel shaped flowers with long purple ‘tongues’. Entire plant is bristly with dark spots.
Native lookalike: Blue Beardstongue
When are they blooming in Banff National Park? Mid-June at the earliest. Full bloom usually between early to mid-July and mid-August. Bloom/seeding continuing on until mid-September.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/16921893@N00/8248184361
- (c) Bernard Ladenthin, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-06-17_Echium_vulgare_1.jpg
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EchiumVulgare-CloseUp-hr.jpg
- Adapted by bioblitzbanff from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_vulgare
- Adapted by metallyza from a work by (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNaturalist.ca taxon page
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- eFloras.org
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