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viper's bugloss

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vi·per's bugloss  (vprz)
n.
Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Echium, including the blueweed, having bright blue to white flowers, bristly foliage, and a dense scorpioid inflorescence.
viper's bugloss
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (US) blueweed a Eurasian boraginaceous weed, Echium vulgare, having blue flowers and pink buds
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (Austral.) Paterson's curse (South Australia) Salvation Jane a related plant, E. plantagineum, that has purple flowers and is naturalized in Australia and New Zealand See also echium
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Noun1.viper's bugloss - a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowersviper's bugloss - a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
blue devil, blue thistle, blueweed, Echium vulgare
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Echium, genus Echium - a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
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Dr Gammans said: "New Zealand is about to begin a programme to control Viper's bugloss because it's a non-native plant, but the short-haired bumblebees depend on it, so this is a now-or-never chance to rescue some of these bumblebees.
Bee lovers buzzing about the return of a long-lost native by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Echium vulgare, the viper's bugloss, can be sown as a hardy annual or grown as a bedding plant and is amongst the best summer flowers for supporting the local bee population, given a warm spot and a sunny summer.
Seeding a symbol of hope by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Plenty of seeds can be sown directly, including pheasant's eye (Adonis aestivalis), love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus), annual woodruff (Asperuis azurea), Swan River Daisy (Brachycome iberidifolia), cornflower (Centaurea), marigolds, Californian poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Convolvulus tricolor, Coreopsis, Clarkia elegans, Clarkia pulchella, larkspur (Consolida ejacis), Viper's bugloss (Echium lycopsis) and Star of the Veldt (Dimorphotheca aurantica).
SOW FAR.. SOW GOOD by Greenwood, Pippa / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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