Echium pininana Webb & Berthel.
(Giant Viper’s-bugloss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchium pininana (Giant Viper’s-bugloss)
GenusEchium (viper’s buglosses)
FamilyBORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Echium pininana (Giant Viper’s-bugloss) :
1: Echium pininana (Giant Viper’s-bugloss)
11 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
growing in garden and escaped onto verge
Image 1: Flowers - close-upImage 2: Flowers - close-up (2)Image 3: Flowers - close-up (3)Image 4: Flowers - close-up (4)Image 5: Flowers - close-up (5)Image 6: Flowers - close-up (6)Image 7: Flowers - close-up (7)Image 8: Flowers - close-up (8)Image 9: Flowers - close-up (9)Image 10: Flower spike - close-upImage 11: Flowers - white form - close-upImage 12: Flowers - white form - close-up (2)Image 13: Flowers - white form - close-up (3)Image 14: Plants growing outside gardenImage 15: Plants growing outside garden (2)Image 16: Plants growing outside garden (3)
2: Echium pininana (Giant Viper’s-bugloss)
13 Jun 2007 OSGR: ZZ00 44° 40’ N, 10° 40’ E United Kingdom
Image 1: First-year plants (to flower next year) - oblique viewImage 2: First-year plants (to flower next year) - side viewImage 3: Flowering plantImage 4: Flowers - close-upImage 5: Flowers - close-up (2)

Echium pininana (Giant Viper’s-bugloss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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