Echium plantagineum Purple Viper's-bugloss
This is a common plant on verges and waste places in many Mediterranean countries and has two exserted stamens protruding from the flower which starts off quite reddish in colour but changes to a purple hue later.
The roots can be used to make a reddish dye and the seeds are a source of essential fatty acids such as gamma-linolenic acid.
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Roadisde verge near Malaga, Spain, 21st March 2007
Added on March 12th 2010