Echium vulgare
Viper's-bugloss
Echium vulgare, Viper's-bugloss. Biennial plant colonising bare ground or short turf on limestone. Vivid blue flowers in summer.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Echium vulgare, Viper's-bugloss. In flower, growing on limestone with little soil. Redmire Quarry. July.
Slide 2: Echium vulgare, Viper's-bugloss. In flower, growing on limestone with little soil. Redmire Quarry. July.
Slide 3: Echium vulgare, Viper's-bugloss. In flower, growing on limestone with little soil. Redmire Quarry. July.
Slide 4: Echium vulgare, Viper's-bugloss. In flower, growing on limestone with little soil. Redmire Quarry. July.