Echium plantagineum: Difference between revisions

==Description==

''Echium plantagineum'' is a winter [[annual plant]] growing to 20–60&nbsp;cm tall, with rough, hairy, lanceolate [[leaf|leaves]] up to 14&nbsp;cm long. The [[flower]]s are purple, 15–20&nbsp;mm long, with all the [[stamen]]s protruding, and borne on a branched spike.<ref name=blamey>Blamey, M. & C. Grey-Wilson. ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. 1989. {{ISBN|0-340-40170-2}}</ref><ref name=piggin>Piggin, C. M. & A. W. Sheppard. (1995). ''Echium plantagineum'' L. In: Groves, R. H., R. C. H. Shepherd, and R. G. Richardson, (eds.) ''The Biology of Australian Weeds'' Vol 1. R. G. and F. J. Richardson, Melbourne. pp 87-110.</ref>

==Invasive species==

[[Image:Echium plantagineum flowers.JPG|thumb|right|In Adelaide, South Australia]]