Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: County Cork 
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Vipers-bugloss Funnel-shaped flowers, usually blue or blue/violet in curved cymes. Pink buds. Hairy/bristly leaves, strap-shaped with obvious mid-vein. Upper leaves are unstalked. Erect stems with reddish bristles. Height: To 80 cm. Well-drained sandy/chalky soils. Dunes, cliffs, waste ground, grassland. Native in some locations, introduced garden escape in others. Similar: Bugloss, Anchusa arvensis 
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Vipers-bugloss, County Cork. July 2008