Echium vulgare [Viper's Bugloss]

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Rørslett, B. 2013. Echium vulgare L. (Boraginaceae). Viper's Bugloss. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/index.php?/topic/187-echium-vulgare-vipers-bugloss/

 

Echium vulgare L.

 

NO: Ormehode, ormehovud

SE: Blåeld, snokört

DK: Slangehoved

FI: Neidonkieli, Piennarneidonkieli

IS: Nöðrugin

DE: Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf

EN: Viper's-bugloss

 

A tall annual to biannual species native to Eurpe and adjacent regions of Asia, E. vulgare is a characteristic species on dry often calcarous soils with a sparse vegatation cover. It flowers in late June or early July can continue over the summer into early September. The sprays of blue flowers are borne in long inflorescences. The flowers are eagerly visited by pollinators such as bees and bumblebees.

 

A field of flowering E. vulgare is a pretty view and the pollinators flitter happily from one inflorescence to the next.

 

Image reference: ECHI_VUL_D990722607_VIS.jpg

Visible light: Nikon F5, Nikkor 300 mm f/2.8 lens, daylight

 

Image reference: ECHI_VUL_B1207032445_VIS.jpg

Visible light: Nikon D300, 120 mm f/4 Medical-Nikkor, built-in ring flash.

 

Image reference: ECHI_VUL_I1207030834_UV.jpg

Ultraviolet light: Panasonic DMC-GH2, Coastal Optics 60 mm f/4 APO lens, Baader U 2" (Venus) filter, SB-140 flash.

 

[Published 15 Apr 2013]