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Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

Image ID: 2018/ph42

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Introduced
Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not)
Height: 1 to 2.5 ft.
Blooms: June to October
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.75 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Elongate clusters, Fused petals, 5 parts
Location: Panhandle Trail
Date:  7/7/2018
Notes: unusual color variant
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Viper's Bugloss may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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