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Echium plantagineum

Genus: Echium - Species: plantagineum - Family: Boraginaceae

Phonetic Spelling: ek-EE-um plan-tah-JIN-ee-um

Common Names:

  • Blue echium
  • Blueweed
  • Blue Weed
  • Lady Campbell Weed
  • Paterson's Curse
  • Patterson's Curse
  • Plantain-leaf viper's bugloss
  • Purple bugloss
  • Purple echium
  • Purple Plague
  • Purple Viper's-Bugloss
  • Riverina bluebell
  • Salvation Jane
  • Viper's Bugloss

Tags

compact habit
hairy leaves
purple flowers
high maintenance
problem for horses
weed
self-seeding
aggressive
naturalizes
herbaceous annual
bushy
hairy stems
poisonous to livestock
skin irritation

Quick Facts

  • Height: 0 ft. 8 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
  • Width: Not specified
  • USDA Zones:
    • 7a
    • 7b
    • 8a
    • 8b
    • 6a
    • 6b
    • 4a
    • 4b
    • 5a
    • 5b
    • 3b
  • NC Region:Not specified

  • Origin:Europe, Mediterranean

  • Life Cycle:
    • Annual
    • Biennial
  • Plant Types:
    • Annual
  • Habit:Not specified

Distribution

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Uses

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