Boraginaceae
Cretan viper's bugloss
Echium creticum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Echium
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- صدى كريتيك
- Chinese
- 普通蓝蓟
- English
- Cretan viper's bugloss
- Spanish
- Cenidor de campo, Chupamiel de Castilla
Synonyms
- Echium australe Lam.
- Echium australe subsp. macranthum Cout.
- Echium creticum subsp. macranthum (Cout.) Cout.
- Echium grandiflorum Desf.
- Echium macranthum Roem. & Schult.
- Echium megalanthos Lapeyr.
- Echium megalanthum Steud.
- Echium plantagineum Kunze
- Echium rubrum Moench
- Echium setosum Delile
- Echium spinescens Medik.
- Echium verecundum Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hubert Laroche, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan N, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.