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Echium plantagineum |
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| Common name |
viper's bugloss |
| Family |
boraginaceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
various colors, white-lavender-blue (summer) |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
Marvellous larger annual. It is a noxious weed (also known as "Paterson's curse") in Australia, but doesn't have that status here. We grew it on the back yard island hill last year. I hope it reseeds!
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Paterson's curse | Aug 18, 2006 | Paterson's curse, Echium plantagineum, was detected and confirmed at a second site in Oregon in Douglas County in March 2004. The first confirmed site was found in Linn County in 2003. Paterson's curse is making major impacts to pasture and range lands in Australia. The State Weed Board listed Patterson's curse as an "A" weed in 2003 and it was incorporated into the Noxious Weed Quarantine in 2004. |
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