Echium vulgare L.

English: Blue weed, Common viper's bugloss

German: Blauer Natternkopf, Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf

Mandarin: 蓝蓟 (lan ji)

Portuguese: Soagem, Viperina

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Boraginaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Echium (9)

            Epithet: vulgare L. (11)

vulgare => common, everyday

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

Check for Echium vulgare at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [996] Echium vulgare - Plants For A Future
• [1713] Echium vulgare - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1793] Echium vulgare - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)