Echium vulgare L.
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Echium vulgare

Family: BORAGINACEAE
Genus: Echium
Species: vulgare L.
Common names: Viper's Bugloss;Adderwort;Blue Devil;Blue Weed;Blue Thistle;Cat's Tail
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Echium
Distribution summary: Eurasia
Habit: Biennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Dry open habitats & sea cliffs & disused chalk quarries in UK
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Europe & Mediterranean (E), Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Leaves' (HSE 5), Plane tree bed (P)
Flowering months: July
Reason for growing: Medicinal
British Native: Yes

Additional Notes

Bee & butterfly plant.

RHS. (1999). Dictionary of Gardening, RHS. Huxley, T p.140

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