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Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis

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Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:36 p.m.
Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Bugloss Bugloss - Lycopsis arvensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 7 Mar 2024, 11:31 p.m. 7 Mar 2024, 4:34 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and locally common but declining throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Disturbed places with light, well-drained soils such as arable land, roadside verges, dunes, wasteland etc.

Stace 4:

Lycopsis arvensis L. (Anchusa arvensis (L.) M. Bieb.) - Bugloss.

Hispid, procumbent to erect annual to 50cm; leaves undulate, crenate; calyx divided nearly to base; corolla zygomorphic (corolla-lobes slightly unequal), blue, with tube 4-7mm, with limb 4-6mm across; (2n=48). Archaeophyte-denizen; weed of arable and rough ground on light, acid or calcareous soils; locally common throughout lowland British Isles.

Useful Links:

Naturespot

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Kew

GBIF

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