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"Viper's Bugloss is a genus of plants. The species are large herbaceous plants or shrubs, rough with tubercles and hairs. Their flowers are often very beautiful. the common viper's bugloss, a large annual plant, is a native of Great Britain and of most parts of Europe growing in dry places, not infrequently in cornfields. Its flowers are at first reddish, and afterward blue. It derives its name, viper's bugloss, from spots on its stem, which somehat resemble those of the viper, and the property of healing viper's bites was therefore ascribed to it. Other herbaceous species are found in North and South America, and other parts of the world. Shrubby species are found chiefly in the Canaries and South Africa."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Viper's Bugloss

"Viper's Bugloss is a genus of plants. The species are large herbaceous plants or shrubs, rough with…

Single flower

Viper's Bugloss

Single flower

Single flower

Viper's Bugloss

Single flower

Corolla split open

Viper's Bugloss

Corolla split open

Calyx

Viper's Bugloss

Calyx

Pistil

Viper's Bugloss

Pistil

One stamen

Viper's Bugloss

One stamen

Calyx surrounding nutlets

Viper's Bugloss

Calyx surrounding nutlets

Calyx surrounding nutlets

Viper's Bugloss

Calyx surrounding nutlets

Two nutlets

Viper's Bugloss

Two nutlets