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Italian viper's bugloss

Echium italicum

Also called Pale Bugloss, Italian Bugloss, Lady Campbell Weed, Yellow Bugloss

Italian viper's bugloss
Photo: tato grasso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
EC. & E. Europe to Medit. and Afghanistan
Climate
temperate

About

Echium italicum, the Italian viper's bugloss, Lady Campbell weed, or pale bugloss, is a species of plant from the family Boraginaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin (especially in Italy, hence the name 'italicum') and, as an introduced species in the United States (for example in the state of Maryland).

Where it grows

It is also found in North Africa, western Asia, Caucasus and Europe. It has naturalised in Australia.

Other Echium plants

Echium aculeatum · Echium albicans · Echium amoenum · Sand Bugloss · Echium boissieri · Echium brevirame · Pride of Madeira · Cretan viper's bugloss · Echium horridum · Echium hypertropicum · Judean Viper's Bugloss · Echium leucophaeum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echium italicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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