Viper's Bugloss
Taken at
Tyninghame Bay
on 20th June 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode
Taken at
Barns Ness
on 12th June 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
Taken at
Barns Ness
on 12th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Taken at
Hogganfield Loch
on 26th June 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5
in macro mode
.
Viper's Bugloss.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Habit:
AKA:
Echium vulgare
.
Boraginales.
Boraginaceae.
Biennial.
Blueweed.
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It is found in dry, bare and waste places.
May - Sept.
30–80 cms.
The Viper's Bugloss, Echium, was considered as an antidote to the bite of (Echis) a viper. It's seed was thought to resemble the reptile's head.