Echium vulgare

Vipers Bugloss at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

	Echium vulgare	26 Apr 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Echium vulgare	26 Apr 2020	Sarah2019

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User's notes

Has prickly hairs on leaves. I think this is an indicator of E. vulgare rather than E. plantagineum

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BettyDonWood wrote:

26 Apr 2020

The diagnostics for Echium vulgare are that none of the leaves are stem
-clasping and that the flowers have four stamens longer than the flower tube and one stamen shorter than the tube. The hairs on the leaves are, indeed, coarser than those of plantagineum. From the angle you have taken the photo, I cannot see the diagnostics.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

26 Apr 2020

Having chipped out many thousands of both species of Echium, I'm happy to confirm this as vulgare

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Location information

Coordinates 148.944640 -35.263782
Maps Stony Creek
Places Coree, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
18 Apr 2020 08:26 AM Recorded on
Sarah2019 Recorded by
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Sarah2019 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants

Additional information

True In flower
10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

Echium vulgare Scientific name
Vipers Bugloss Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Major weed or pest
Up to 1188.88m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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