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Echium vulgare |
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Blue Weed aka Viper's Bugloss, Blue Devil, Blue Thistle |
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Southern Europe |
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Stiff, erect, hairy biennial weed of both cultivated and
waste lands. They are especially adapted to dry, sandy
or even stony soils. |
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Corolla shallowly
5 lobed, blue-purple to pink. |
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Alternate, sessile with spines on midrib
below, green above, light green below. |
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Waste ground,
roadsides, gravel bars, sand bars |
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This species has sharp
spines, which cover the plant and may become
lodged in the skin.
Traditionally the leaves were
boiled and made into a tea which supposedly helped fevers
and headaches. The plant contains alkaloids and
is poisonous. |
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