Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed (Echium vulgare)

Viper's Bugloss, Blueweed
Echium vulgare

Country NSW, Australia ablaze with color

Great pic, thanks for sharing! :)

Oh my, I think that I could stand at that fence and stare at that beautiful site all day long. Wow, thanks for sharing!! Kim

It reminds me of Texas Bluebonnets on the roadside and fields in Texas. Awesome!

Joseph

Thanks all,
yeah i took 3 versions it was so amazing, the landscape is lovely then u add color en masse!!!!!
UNBELIEVEABLE
One of the other shots,
enjoy :>)
Gary

Such dense growth! Are these fields used for cattle forage?

Talk about a sea of blue/purple. That is really an impressive sight. Great photo.

Wow, I'm sure pictures just don't do it justice. Wish I could see it in person.

Gary,

Do you recall any fragrance from this species while you were taking these images?

Joseph

Is it native to Australia?

that's amazing gary

Thanks for all the comments, been busy...
probably grazing cattle , they tend to avoid eating the purple stuff cause it can make them sick, but more purple means less grass so less cattle can graze.
I dont think it has a specific perfume but is a heavy nectar producer so a honey-fragrance i guess.
Not native to Australia, introduced by white settlers as a garden flower from europe and gone wild!!!!

Glad u all enjoyed, have to find some more colorful scenes

Bye Gary

Local nursery found name of this for me. I didn't plant it in my yard - it just came up! I think it is so beautiful, altho mine is not EXACTLY like any here. Really enjoyed the photos and comments. I suppose I have a bird to thank for this beauty.

holy manure! what used to grow there!?!

It's pretty and all, but i'm guessing the paddymelons don't like that hairy stuff...

This is a native plant in UK but nowhere does it grow here like in this picture, you find it growing singly or in small groups of a few plants, never the sort of vast carpets like in Gary's picture. It must have an edge in drier areas/climates. It seems to get outcompeted by other native plants in places like UK/northern Europe.