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Echium plantagineum L.

purple viper’s-bugloss (Boraginaceae)

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Synonym | Echium lycopsis L.

Echium planta­gineum has larger flowers than Echium vulgare, with only 2 of the 4 stamens protruding out of the corolla.

Port Eynon (VC41: Glamorgan); 2017-08-23

 purple viper’s-bugloss / Echium plantagineum: _Echium planta­gineum_ has larger flowers than _Echium vulgare_, with only 2 of the 4 stamens protruding out of the corolla.

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