Echium plantagineum
A species in the Boraginaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Echium
- Species
- Echium plantagineum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1771
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Echium plantagineum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
17 synonyms in this snapshot
- Echium alonsoiSennen & Mauricio
- Echium bonariensePoir.
- Echium creticum subsp. plantagineum(L.) Malag.
- Echium diffusumJan ex Nyman
- Echium longistamineumPourr. ex Lapeyr.
- Echium lycopsisL.
- Echium maritimumGuirao ex Willk. & Lange
- Echium muraleHill
- Echium orientaleSteph.
- Echium plantagineum var. albaMattos
- Echium plantagineum var. monodasystemonBeauverd & Felipp.
- Echium plantaginifoliumL. ex Moris
- Echium plantaginoidesRoem. & Schult.
- Echium pseudoviolaceumSchur
- Echium senneniiPau
- Echium violaceumL.
- Echium violaceum var. mediumKuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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