Echium vulgare
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 vulgare
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Echium vulgare. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
20 synonyms in this snapshot
- Echium anglicumName author: Huds.
- Echium elegansName author: Noë ex Nyman
- Echium lacaitaeName author: Sennen
- Echium laetumName author: Salisb.
- Echium lusitanicumName author: Georgi
- Echium molleName author: Pett.
- Echium monstrosumName author: Schmidt ex Steud.
- Echium parviflorumName author: St.-Lag.
- Echium schifferiName author: Lange
- Echium spinescensName author: G.Klotz
- Echium tenoreanumName author: Lacaita
- Echium tuberculatumName author: Gilib.
- Echium vaudenseName author: Gremli
- Echium violaceumName author: Stokes
- Echium vulgare f. albiflorumName author: Ralph Hoffm.
- Echium vulgare f. vulgareName author: Not supplied
- Echium vulgare var. grandiflorumName author: Bertol.
- Echium vulgare var. lacaitaeName author: (Sennen) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Echium vulgare var. vulgareName author: Not supplied
- Echium wierzbickiiName author: Haberle ex Rchb.
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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