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Giant Viper's-bugloss

Echium pininana

5,068 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 67, February 58, March 60, April 75, May 192, June 148, July 117, August 67, September 59, October 60, November 78, December 60.
United States1,136
California764
United Kingdom424
Alaska394
England378
New Zealand316
Canterbury Region138
Otago Region94
Ireland83
France75

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusViper's-buglosses · Echium

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