Echium plantagineum - purple viper's-bugloss
Echium plantagineum - purple viper's-bugloss or Paterson's curse. Found near St Peters Barracks Jersey. 1. Style and ovary (x2.5), 2. Nuts (x6). 3. Opened corolla showing stamens in position (x2.5), 4. Flowering stem, calyx, leaves and stem has bristly hairs. 5. Radicle leaf. Bentham and Hooker No 693, Dandy 403/2
Picture No
13792001
Media ID
47503876
Size
4093px x 5531px
(4.2MB)
Credit
© Medici / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Watercolour illustration by Barbara Everard (1910-1989)
Date
1958
