Friday, 5 April 2024

Echium vulgare 藍薊

Common name: Viper's-bugloss
Scientific name: Echium vulgare 藍薊
Genus: Echium 藍薊屬
Family: Boraginaceae 紫草科, borage or forget-me-not family

Remarks*: 

Origin: native

Date: 28th July
409 An erect, very hispid (with stout, rigid or bristly, erect hairs 有剛毛的) biennial, can reach up to 90cm.

412 An usual prostrate appearance of another individual.

407 Basal leaves already withered, they were up to 15cm, stalked, with prominent midrib and no apparent lateral veins.

411_1 Flower bud pink.

408 The inflorescence with only the terminal flowers still blooming, the others are withered or fruiting now.

406


406_1 Corolla lobes uniformly pubescent on outside. 5 stamens unequal, 4 longer than corolla. Very hispid of the inflorescence.

404_1 Flower 10-18mm, bright blue; corolla lobes unequal (could not be seen from this angle); 5 stamens, 2-lobed stigma.

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