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Botanical details
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Echium
- Genus description
Echium can be annuals, biennials, evergreen perennials or shrubs, with simple, coarsely hairy leaves and funnel-shaped flowers borne in panicles or dense spikes in summer
- Name status
Correct
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