Echium vulgare

Common Viper's-bugloss

Flickr photo 'Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare' by: gailhampshire.

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Species group: Plants

Found in: Noxious weeds

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Lamiales

Family:

Boraginaceae

Genus:

Echium

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Brief Summary
Comprehensive Description
Distribution
Morphology
Habitat
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Molecular Biology
Conservation Status

Brief Summary

Viper's bugloss got its name from the fact that the stigma resembles the split tongue of a snake. In fact, people used to believe that viper's bugloss could be used to heal snake bites. The personal Greek physician of Emperor Nero wrote in the year 100 that when consumed while drinking wine, its root not only helped heal snake bites but even prevented one from being bitten! The seeds from this plant contain lots of oil, making it highly desired by birds.

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Ecomare

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Comprehensive Description

Miscellaneous Details

"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Europe"

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India Biodiversity Portal

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Echium vulgare L.:
Canada (North America)
Kyrgyzstan (Asia)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Russian Federation (Asia)
Tajikistan (Asia)
Turkmenistan (Asia)
United States (North America)
Uzbekistan (Asia)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Man. Vasc. Pl. Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1995. Fl. China 16: 1–479. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Morphology

Description

Herbs biennial. Stems usually erect, to 1 m, usually much branched, spreading hirsute, densely short appressed pubescent. Basal and lower stem leaves linear-lanceolate, ca. 12 × 1.4 cm, long strigose, base attenuate; upper stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, smaller. Inflorescences long, narrow, many flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 4-15 mm. Flowers somewhat crowded. Calyx 5-parted to base, hirsute outside; lobes lanceolate-linear, ca. 6 mm, to 1 cm in fruit. Corolla blue-purple, oblique-campanulate, ca. 1.2 cm, short appressed pubescent outside; lobes unequal, upper lobe larger. Filaments 1-1.2 cm; anthers oblong, ca. 0.5 mm. Style ca. 1.4 cm; stigma terminal. Nutlets ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm, tuberculate. 2n = 16, 32 (31, 33, 34).

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Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Rocky areas. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; W Asia, Europe, North America].

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Associations

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Golovinomyces cynoglossi parasitises live Echium vulgare

Foodplant / sap sucker
nymph of Graptopeltus lynceus sucks sap of Echium vulgare

Foodplant / saprobe
immersed pseudothecium of Leptosphaeria cesatiana is saprobic on dead stem of Echium vulgare

Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Longitarsus anchusae grazes on leaf of Echium vulgare

Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Longitarsus curtus grazes on leaf of Echium vulgare

Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Longitarsus exoletus grazes on leaf of Echium vulgare

Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Longitarsus quadriguttatus grazes on leaf of Echium vulgare
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Meligethes planiusculus feeds on Echium vulgare

Foodplant / feeds on
Mogulones asperifoliarum feeds on Echium vulgare

Foodplant / feeds on
Mogulones geographicus feeds on Echium vulgare

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BioImages - the Virtual Fieldguide (UK)

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Echium vulgare

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Echium vulgare

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 7
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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NatureServe Explorer

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ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.157743

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

common viper's bugloss

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Borage Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Lamiales - Boraginaceae - Echium

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GNR

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Global Status Last Changed:

1994-03-22

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Common Viper's-bugloss

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