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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Echium vulgare
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echium vulgare
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 161-04-001:
Echium vulgare
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Viper's Bugloss, Blue Weed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecvu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0507e_34
July Greenbrier County WV
Roadside
Pronounced "bew-gloss" not "bug-loss," referring to an ox's tongue, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0507e_34b
July Greenbrier County WV
Roadside
Corolla conspicuously irregular, lobes rounded and spreading, the throat open, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0507f_01
July Greenbrier County WV
Roadside
Cauline lvs oblong to linear-lanceolate, sessile, progressively smaller upward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.