Echium vulgare
Echium vulgare
FamilyGenus: Echiumnative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
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About this species
Echium vulgare, commonly known as viper’s bugloss, is a native wildflower of Great Britain. It flowers from June to September and thrives in sunny, dry to moderately moist, open habitats.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
As a native wildflower, Echium vulgare contributes to the vegetation of open, sunny, well-drained habitats. Specific ecological interactions are not detailed in the available evidence.
Annual cycle
Flowering occurs from June to September.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Trocken
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Jun – Sep
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.511 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Corolla tube
6.7 mm
Nectar
2.0999 µl/Blüte
Pollen
0.6313 mg/Blüte
Pflege & Anbau
Plant in full sun on well-drained soil of moderate fertility. The plant tolerates dry conditions once established and requires little watering. It suits nutrient-poor to medium soils.
Scientific profile
Echium vulgare is a herbaceous, non-woody plant native to Great Britain. It typically reaches around 50 centimetres in height and bears broad leaves. The flowering period extends from June to September. The species grows in fully sunny, open situations on well-drained, moderately fertile soils; it tolerates dry conditions and is adapted to a neutral to slightly acid reaction. It is not nationally threatened.
Pollinators & visitors
102 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Vanessa carduiBombus hypnorumLasioglossum villosulumPieris rapaePyronia tithonusOsmia bicolorAglais urticaeMegachile lignisecaCoenonympha pamphilusPieris brassicaePararge aegeriaBombus jonellusAndrena humilisBombus muscorumApis melliferaManiola jurtinaBombus ruderariusPolia bombycinaThymelicus sylvestrisPolyommatus icarusHylaeus difformisBombus subterraneusAnthophora bimaculataBombus lapidariusBombus campestrisLasioglossum interruptumLasioglossum nitidulumBombus soroeensisLasioglossum pauxillumBombus bohemicusBombus humilisBombus sylvarumBombus pratorumBombus ruderatusBombus vestalisBombus rupestrisBombus lucorumBombus sylvestrisBombus terrestrisAnthophora quadrimaculataAnthidium manicatumBombus pascuorumMegachile nigriventrisHalictus simplexPieris napiPolygonia c-albummacroglossum stellatarumLasioglossum malachurumHemaris fuciformisMegachile ericetorum
Host relationships
3 species use this plant as a host
Other flower visitors
6 other species visit the flowers
Oxythyrea funestaGastrophysa polygoniPhyllopertha horticolaTropinota hirtaProtaetia cupreaCoccinella septempunctata
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•pollinator_interactions
•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
•Foto: © Orest Lyzhechka / Adobe Stock / AdobeStock_1405750632
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