Salvation Jane Echium plantagineum
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- ek-EE-um plan-tah-JIN-ee-um
- Description
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Purple Viper's-Bugloss is an annual to biennial native to Europe and the Meddetreianana. It has been introduced in the U.S.A. and Australia and is quite weedy and invasive in some areas.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Echium
- Species:
- plantagineum
- Family:
- Boraginaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Biennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Europe, Mediterranean
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- High
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Gray/Silver
- Fruit Type:
- Nut
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Nutlets gray brown oval
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Shape:
- Trumpet
- Flower Petals:
- fused petals
- Flower Description:
- Blue turning purple and then pink trumpet shaped flowers
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Soft
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Shape:
- Oblanceolate
- Ovate
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Problems:
- Problem for Horses
- Weedy
