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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Boraginaceae
Echium vulgare L.
blueweed, common viper's-bugloss, viper's-bugloss
Echium: from Greek echis, "a viper," the nutlets appearing to represent a viper's head
vulgare: Latin for "common"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 1'-3' tall forb, roughly-hairy especially above; taprooted |
| Flower: | blue to pink, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" long, irregularly funnel-shaped, stamens extending beyond the petals; inflorescence of many curving, branched clusters (cymes); blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | slightly rough nutlets |
| Leaf: | lower leaves stalked, getting smaller towards top and becoming stalkless |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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