Boraginaceae

Echium virescens DC.

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium

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Echium virescens (Echium virescens) — FlowerPhoto: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: زهرة الأفعى المصحية
arz: زهرة الافعى المصحيه
Bulgarian: Зеленикаво усойниче
Finnish: Viherneidonkieli
Russian: Синяк зеленоватый
Spanish: Taginaste azul de Tenerife

Synonyms

Echium strictum Lam.
Echium virescens var. angustissimum Bolle ex Christ
Echium virescens var. candollei Coincy

Flowers

In flower: February to May (from 68 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Christina s.l., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Javier martin assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Javier martin assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dirk De Meyere, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: midnight.animal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daria Vagaggini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Juan Alberto González, 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). About our plant data.