Echium plantagineum: Country Or Region Of Origin
Europe, Mediterranean
Plant Profile: Echium plantagineum
Taxonomy: Echium plantagineumNames
Blue Weed, Lady Campbell Weed, Paterson's Curse, Patterson's Curse, Purple Viper's-Bugloss, Salvation Jane, Viper's Bugloss
Phonetic Spelling:ek-EE-um plan-tah-JIN-ee-um
Genus:Echium
Species:plantagineum
Family:Boraginaceae
Purple Viper's-Bugloss is a plant that typically grows as an annual or biennial and is originally from Europe and the Mediterranean region. It has been introduced to the United States and Australia, where it has become quite weedy and invasive in certain locations.
Echium plantagineum Feature Summary
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#purple flowers
#weedy
#naturalizes
#hairy leaves
#hairy stems
#problem for horses
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Echium plantagineum Feature Summary
Attributes
Europe, Mediterranean
Annual
Biennial
Fruit
Nutlets gray brown oval
Nut
Brown/Copper
Gray/Silver
< 1 inch
< 1 inch
Flowers
Blue turning purple and then pink trumpet shaped flowers
Pink
Purple/Lavender
Blue
fused petals
Trumpet
Whole Plant Traits
Leaves
Stem
Landscape
Problem for Horses
Weedy
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Echium plantagineum Attributes
Echium plantagineum: Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Echium plantagineum Fruit
Echium plantagineum: Fruit Description
Nutlets gray brown oval
Echium plantagineum: Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
Echium plantagineum: Fruit Color
Brown/Copper
Gray/Silver
Echium plantagineum: Fruit Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Echium plantagineum: Fruit Width
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Echium plantagineum Flowers
Echium plantagineum: Flower Description
Blue turning purple and then pink trumpet shaped flowers
Echium plantagineum: Flower Color
Blue
Pink
Purple/Lavender
Echium plantagineum: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Echium plantagineum: Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Echium plantagineum: Flower Shape
Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel
Echium plantagineum Whole Plant Traits
Echium plantagineum: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Echium plantagineum: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Echium plantagineum: Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Rapid
Echium plantagineum: Maintenance
Low
Medium
High
Echium plantagineum Leaves
Echium plantagineum: Leaf Color
Green
Echium plantagineum: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Echium plantagineum: Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Echium plantagineum: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Echium plantagineum: Leaf Feel
Fleshy
Glossy
Leathery
Papery
Prickly
Rough
Rubbery
Slippery
Smooth
Soft
Velvety
Waxy
Echium plantagineum Stem
Echium plantagineum: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Echium plantagineum Landscape
Echium plantagineum: Problems
Allelopathic
Contact Dermatitis
Frequent Disease Problems
Frequent Insect Problems
Invasive Species
Malodorous
Messy
Poisonous to Humans
Problem for Cats
Problem for Children
Problem for Dogs
Problem for Horses
Short-lived
Spines/Thorns
Weak Wood
Weedy
