✿Echium✿

Scientific Name: Echium candicans
Also known as Vipers Bugloss

I came across purple echium on my walk near the ocean in San Diego CA

& Lots of it!!

The name echium comes from the Greek, ‘echis’, ‘viper’.
& the plant is said to repel venom and hence to cure snakebite. Ironic? I think not!

Echium is also one of the tallest flowers reaching heights of 6- 8 feet!! It can be invasive though and is super hard to get rid of because you have to dig up the roots, which can be as deep as they are tall!!! Crazy

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All Photos are taken by me, Katie G