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Echium pininana

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Common names

giant bugloss

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Blue, Red/Pink

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Echium

Family

Boraginaceae

Authority

Echium pininana Webb & Berthel.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1973

Origin

Canary Is

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Other information

Etymology

echium: Possibly named the Greek echis ‘viper’, named for the seeds’ resemblance to a vipers’ head. The plant was believed by the 1st century physician Dioscoridesbe to be a remedy for a viper’s bite.

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