David Woodfall / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), grazing amongst Purple vipers bugloss, (Echium plantagineum) Cornwall, England, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Strips of purple Vipers bugloss( Echium plantagineum) and Corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with Cornish coast in background background . Bosregan Meadows,St Just Cornwall,England ,UK

Stephen Dalton / Purple Vipers Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Extremadura, Spain

Loic Poidevin / Purple vipers bugloss (Echium plantagineum) in flower, with Garland chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium) in flower, Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Loic Poidevin / Purple vipers bugloss (Echium plantagineum) flowers, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) wild in garden at Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, May.

MYN / Jose Antunes / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Portugal, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Jose Antunes / Purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Portugal, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Purple Viper's Bugloss (Echium plantagineum) in flower, near Orvieto, Italy, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Purple Viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Dalmatian coast, Adriatic sea, Croatia

Mike Read / Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) amongst flowering Purple vipers bugloss (Echium plantagineum) Alentejo region, Portugal, March

Linda Pitkin / Purple viper's-bugloss (Echium plantagineum) in flower along roadside, Via Verde, Manacor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.