species
Echium plantagineum
Paterson's curse · Purple Viper's-bugloss
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Echium plantagineum belongs to the family Boraginaceae, also known as Paterson's curse or Purple Viper's-bugloss, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun, where the ground is acid or neutral and in dry or well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Dry, Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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