Echium angustifolium - Narrow-leaved Bugloss - (Boraginaceae)

Echium angustifolium

This member of the Borage Family (Boraginaceae) is common in the Mediterranean Region. It grows on roadsides, waste ground and coastal land, and in other rocky and stony habitats. Narrow-leaved Bugloss flowers from March to July and is characterised by its flowers, which change from purple to pink as they open. It is a much more sprawling plant than other members of the Borage Family.

This specimen was photographed in the Algarve, Portugal, in April.