Boraginaceae

Red bugloss

Echium wildpretii H.Pearson ex Hook.f.

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium

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Red bugloss (Echium wildpretii) — FlowerPhoto: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

Arabic: زهرة الأفعى الكنارية
arz: زهرة الافعى الكناريه
Chinese: 野蓝蓟, 野藍薊, 寶石塔
Czech: Hadinec teidský
English: Red bugloss, Red tajinaste, Tower of jewels
Finnish: Kuningatarneidonkieli, Timanttitorni
French: Vipérine de Ténérife, Tajinaste, Viperine de Tenerife
Georgian: Ვილდპრეტის ძირწითელა
German: Wildprets Natternkopf
hsb: Wildpretowa hrimanka
Japanese: エキウム・ウィルドプレッティ, エキウム・ウィルドプレティー
Macedonian: Вилдпретова змијоглавка
Persian: گل گاوزبان زیبایوحشی
Russian: Синяк Вильдпрета, Синяк Вильдпретта
Spanish: Tajinaste rojo
Swedish: Jättesnokört, Jätteslokört

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 266 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: liam1294, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dorian Cols, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: drtimk, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Norrland, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Phill Robinson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification 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.