Viper's Bugloss Corolla and Stamens

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Echium vulgare (Viper’s Bugloss) is a species of Echium native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia. It is a biennial or monocarpic perennial plant growing to 30-80 cm tall, with rough, hairy, lanceolate leaves. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue and are 15-20 mm in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. Stamens remain red and stand out against the blue flowers. It flowers between May and September. It is found in dry, bare and waste places.

Keywords

corolla, stamen, petals, viper's bugloss, Biennial, Echium vulgare, monocarpic perennial plant

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Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. The New Popular Educator (London, England: Cassell & Company Limited, 1891)

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