Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echium vulgare L. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Echium vulgare subsp. asturicum (Lacaita) Klotz

Echium vulgare subsp. pustulatum (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens

Echium vulgare subsp. vulgare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blou-echium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue echium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue-devil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blueweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blåeld	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
borrago	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common echium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common viper's bugloss	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common vipersbugloss	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
engerek otu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
erva-azul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewöhnlicher natternkopf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lan ji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sinyak obyknovenny	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
viborera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
viper's bugloss	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
viper's-bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vipérine commune	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echium vulgare	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Echium vulgare L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Echium vulgare

Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Echium vulgare L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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