Boraginaceae
Paterson's curse
Echium plantagineum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Echium
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- زهرة الأفعى الحملية
- arz
- زهرة الافعى الحمليه
- Bangla
- শাপমুখী
- Bulgarian
- Живовлеково усойниче
- Chinese
- 車前葉藍薊, 车前叶蓝蓟
- Czech
- Hadinec jitrocelovitý
- Dutch
- Weegbreeslangenkruid
- English
- Paterson's curse, Purple viper's-bugloss, Salvation jane
- Finnish
- Ratamoneidonkieli, Piiankieli
- French
- Vipérine faux Plantain, Vipérine faux-plantain
- German
- Wegerichblättriger Natternkopf
- Hebrew
- עכנאי נאה, עכנאי לחכי
- hsb
- Putnikołopjenata hrimanka
- Italian
- Viperina piantaginea
- Japanese
- シャゼンムラサキ, 車前紫
- Macedonian
- Тегавеста змијоглавка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hageormehode
- Polish
- Żmijowiec babkowaty
- Russian
- Синяк подорожниковый
- Spanish
- Arguimula, Bovina peluda, Chupamiel de vinas, Chupamiel de viñas, Equio de hojas de llanten, Equio de hojas de llantén, Flor morada, Hoja de mula
- Swedish
- Blå snokört
- Welsh
- Gwiberlys porffor
Synonyms
- Echium alonsoi Sennen & Mauricio
- Echium bonariense Poir.
- Echium creticum subsp. plantagineum (L.) Malag.
- Echium diffusum Jan ex Nyman
- Echium longistamineum Pourr. ex Lapeyr.
- Echium lycopsis L.
- Echium maritimum Guirao ex Willk. & Lange
- Echium murale Hill
- Echium orientale Steph.
- Echium plantagineum var. alba Mattos
- Echium plantagineum var. monodasystemon Beauverd & Felipp.
- Echium plantaginifolium L. ex Moris
- Echium plantaginoides Roem. & Schult.
- Echium pseudoviolaceum Schur
- Echium sennenii Pau
- Echium violaceum L.
- Echium violaceum var. medium Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, October to November (from 5,679 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kristopher Brand, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isabel Pinheiro mcp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Justus Müller-Kiefer, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.