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Viper's-buglosses
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Viper's-buglosses

Echium

Echium /ˈɛkiəm/ is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium vulgare

purple viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium plantagineum

Pride of Madeira

speciesEchium candicans

Giant Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium pininana

Pale Bugloss

speciesEchium italicum

Lax Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium rosulatum

Cretan Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium creticum

sand viper's bugloss

speciesEchium sabulicola

Narrow-leaved Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium angustifolium

Red Mount Teide Bugloss

speciesEchium wildpretii

Coastal Pride of Madeira

speciesEchium nervosum

Echium asperrimum

speciesEchium asperrimum

Echium tuberculatum

speciesEchium tuberculatum

Echium decaisnei

speciesEchium decaisnei

Echium gaditanum

speciesEchium gaditanum

Judean Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium judaeum

Small-flowered Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium parviflorum

Echium virescens

speciesEchium virescens

Violet-vein Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium lusitanicum

Echium bonnetii

speciesEchium bonnetii

Echium aculeatum

speciesEchium aculeatum

Tower of Jewels

speciesEchium simplex

Echium webbii

speciesEchium webbii

Echium strictum

speciesEchium strictum

Echium triste

speciesEchium triste

White-leaved bugloss

speciesEchium albicans

Tall Viper's-bugloss

speciesEchium glomeratum

Echium brevirame

speciesEchium brevirame

Echium perezii

speciesEchium perezii

Echium boissieri

speciesEchium boissieri

Echium leucophaeum

speciesEchium leucophaeum

Echium horridum

speciesEchium horridum

Echium thyrsiflorum

speciesEchium thyrsiflorum

Echium humile

speciesEchium humile

Sand Bugloss

speciesEchium arenarium

Echium onosmifolium

speciesEchium onosmifolium

blue bugloss

speciesEchium acanthocarpum

Echium callithyrsum

speciesEchium callithyrsum

Echium giganteum

speciesEchium giganteum

cow tongue

speciesEchium stenosiphon

Echium flavum

speciesEchium flavum

Echium auberianum

speciesEchium auberianum

Echium pitardii

speciesEchium pitardii

Echium rauwolfii

speciesEchium rauwolfii

Echium portosanctense

speciesEchium portosanctense

Echium salmanticum

speciesEchium salmanticum

Echium hierrense

speciesEchium hierrense

Echium hypertropicum

speciesEchium hypertropicum

Echium velutinum

speciesEchium velutinum

Echium tenue

speciesEchium tenue

Echium amoenum

speciesEchium amoenum

Echium bethencourtii

speciesEchium bethencourtii

Echium trygorrhizum

speciesEchium trygorrhizum

Echium vulcanorum

speciesEchium vulcanorum

Echium anchusoides

speciesEchium anchusoides

Echium modestum

speciesEchium modestum

Echium petiolatum

speciesEchium petiolatum

Echium sventenii

speciesEchium sventenii

Echium × bond-spraguei

hybridEchium × bond-spraguei

Echium montenielluense

speciesEchium montenielluense

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