Echium vulgare

Also known as viper's bugloss, blueweed, common viper's bugloss

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

*Echium vulgare* is a species in the family Boraginaceae, belonging to the genus *Echium*. It is classified within the order Boraginales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon is cited as *Echium vulgare* L. and is commonly known as common viper's bugloss, Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf, and vipers eugloss herb. It has been used as a medicinal plant.

The species has a recorded range in Xinjiang. Herbarium records are held by institutions including the University of Alberta Museums, CMN, BHSC, CHSC, and ANSP, with occurrences documented in Canada and the United States.

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Species

Echium vulgare

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderBoraginales
FamilyBoraginaceae

Native toAlbania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark

Observations recorded430,603

Der Gewöhnliche Natternkopf oder Blaue Natternkopf (Echium vulgare) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Natternköpfe (Echium) innerhalb der Familie der Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae). Im Volksmund wird er „Blauer Heinrich“[1], in Österreich auch „Himmelbrand“, „Starrer Hansl“ oder „Stolzer Heinrich“ genannt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 1.1 Vegetative Merkmale 1.2 Generative Merkmale 2 Ökologie 2.1 Krankheiten 3 Giftigkeit 4 Vorkommen 5 Systematik 6 Nutzung 7 Trivialnamen 8 Literatur 9 Weblinks 10 Einzelnachweise Beschreibung Stängel mit Behaarung (Indument) Ausschnitt eines Blütenstandes mit Blüten im Detail Illustration Bestäubung Vegetative Merkmale Der Gewöhnliche Natternkopf ist eine zweijährige oder mehrjährige krautige Pflanze und erreicht Wuchshöhen von 25 bis 100 Zentimetern. Er bildet als Speicherorgan manchmal eine Rübe aus. Der Stängel ist steif und mehr oder weniger stielrund. Der Gewöhnliche Natternkopf besitzt kurze, steife „Borsten“ an Stängeln und Blättern. Die Borstenhaare sind am Grund knotig verdickt. Die immergrünen Blätter sind lineal lanzettlich und erreichen Längen von bis zu 10 Zentimetern.[2] Generative Merkmale Die Blütezeit reicht von Mai bis Okto

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 7,411
With media: 5,851
Family: Boraginaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, BHSC, CHSC, ANSP, CM
Recorded in: Canada, United States

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Encyclopedic overview

Echium vulgare, known as viper's bugloss and blueweed, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to most of Europe and western and central Asia and it occurs as an introduced species in north-eastern North America, south-western South America and the South and North Island of New Zealand. If eaten, the plant is toxic to horses and cattle through the accumulation of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the liver.

The plant root was used in ancient times as a treatment for snake or viper bites. According to the Doctrine of signatures, plants were thought to have traits (in this case a speckled stem reminiscent of snake skin, and flowers like an open viper's mouth) that mirror the ailment they treat.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echium vulgare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.