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Echium vulgare L.

viper’s bugloss (Boraginaceae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
WidespreadModerate tendencySE
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Echium vulgare grows in disturbed sites on well-draining – typically base-rich – soils.

Lee-on-the-Solent (VC11: South Hampshire); 2019-06-27

 viper’s bugloss / Echium vulgare: _Echium vulgare_ grows in disturbed sites on well-draining – typically base-rich – soils.

All 4 stamens protrude from the corolla in Echium vulgare.

Vienna, Austria; 2005-06-04

 viper’s bugloss / Echium vulgare: All 4 stamens protrude from the corolla in _Echium vulgare_.

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