Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzó / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flowers at night, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzó / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flower, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzó / Close-up of Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flower, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzó / Red giant tajinaste / Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flowers, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / La Palma blue echium (Echium webbii) in flower, Caldera de Taburiente National Park, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Rough / Prickly Comfrey (Symphytum asperum) in flower, near Meysembourg, Larochette, Mullerthal, Luxembourg, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Dry Red tajinaste (Echium wildpretii) in winter, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, December 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Sand vipers gloss (Echium sabulicola) flowers, Sardinia, Italy, June 2008

Shattil & Rozinski / Alpine forget-me-not {Myosotis asiatica} growing on alpine tundra, Colorado, USA

Russell Cooper / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowers, North Downs, Surrey, UK

Simon Colmer / Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) UK

Simon Colmer / Early Forget-me-not {Myosotis ramosissima} Climping SSSI, Sussex, UK

Silvia Reiche / Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) flowers, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) flowers, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Common Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) flower, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Common Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) flower, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Geoff Simpson / Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

Hermann Brehm / Mountain bluebell {Mertensia ciliata} flowering amongst rocks, Glacier NP, Montana, USA

Jose B. Ruiz / Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare} Spain

David Welling / Pride of Maderia plant {Echium candicans} California, USA

Ross Hoddinott / Viper's-bugloss {Echium vulgare} Braunton Burrows, Devon, UK

Jose Schell / Dew-covered Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare}, Canada

Jose B. Ruiz / Borage {Borage officinalis} in flower, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Borage {Borage officinalis} in flower, Alicante, Spain

Niall Benvie / Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare} in wildflower meadow. Montrose, Angus, Scotland

David Pike / Green Alkanet {Pentaglottis sempervirens} Water Newton, Cambridgeshire, UK, April

Jose B. Ruiz / Large Blue Alkanet {Anchusa azurea} Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain

Pete Oxford / Grey matplants (Tiquilia nesiotica / Boraginaceae) Endemic herb colonises the ash slopes of Bartolome Island. Galapagos Islands

MYN / Niall Benvie / Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare} in flower, Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael Hutchinson / Red bugloss {Echium wildpretii} plant, Tenerife

Jose B. Ruiz / Viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare} Alicante, Spain, Europe

Mark Moffett / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) patches are only a few square meters each, Hazeva, Israel

David Noton / A field of borage {Borago officinalis} growing near Fovant, Wiltshire Downs, England, UK.

David Noton / A field of borage {Borago officinalis} growing near Fovant, Wiltshire Downs, England, UK.

David Noton / A field of borage {Borago officinalis} growing near Fovant, Wiltshire Downs, England, UK.

Fabio Liverani / Portrait of blue flowers and buds of Borage (borago officinalis), Casentinesi Forest NP, Tuscany, Italy

Mark Raycroft / Standard Schnauzer (Canis familiaris) puppy amid forget-me-not flowers

David Kjaer / Water Forget me not {Myosotis scorpioides} River Wylye, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cordia tree {Cordia glabrata} in flower, Tocantins, Brazil

Mark Taylor / Viper's Bugloss {Echium vulgare} in flower

Dave Watts / Water Forget-me-not {Myosotis palustris / scorpioides}, UK

Dave Watts / Water Forget-me-not {Myosotis palustris / scorpioides}, UK

Dave Watts / Water Forget-me-not {Myosotis palustris / scorpioides}, UK

Dave Watts / Water Forget-me-not {Myosotis palustris / scorpioides}, UK

Shattil & Rozinski / King of the Alps {Eritrichium nanum} Colorado, USA

Jose B. Ruiz / Cynoglossum {Cynoglossum cheirifolium} close-up of flowers, Torcal de Antequera, Malaga, Spain.

Colin Varndell / Vipers bugloss {Echium vulgaris} UK.

Jason Smalley / Houndstongue {Cynoglossum officinale} UK.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Tajinaste in flower (Echium candicans) Madeira

Jan Vermeer / Violet (Viola sp) flowers, Forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and white flowers in floral arrangement

Jan Vermeer / Violet (Viola sp) flowers, Forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and White flowers in floral arrangement

Tom Vezo / Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) perching in flowering Geigertree (Cordia sebestena), Dry Tortugas, Florida

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) queen with brood inside Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree with tem hairs protecting tree against large enemy ants, but permit passage of small (Azteca sp)

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) group dismember corpses of their enemies within the hollow branches of Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) queen starting her colony within Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) group dismember corpses of their enemies within the hollow branches of Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Leptothorax canadensis) with pollen enters Alpine Forget-me-not flower (Eritrichium sp), Colorado

Tui De Roy / Velvetleaf Soldierbush (Tournefortia argentea) along shoreline of Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Mark Moffett / Ant (Formicidae) queen unable to survive in the Borage (Boraginaceae) tree due to fungus, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Formicidae) queen unable to survive in the Borage (Boraginaceae) tree due to fungus, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) parasite sterilizes Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree by dismantling flowers, with energy diverted from reproduction, tree grows larger providing more room for ants, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) patrol guarding Borage (Boraginaceae)

Pascal Tordeux / Cerinthe (Cerinthe glabra). French Alps, July.

Pascal Tordeux / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower. Picardy, France, July.

Pascal Tordeux / Borage / Starwort / Starflower (Borago officinalis). Picardy, France, July.

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

Kim Taylor / Longhorn beetle (Rhaguim mordax) male flying past Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Surrey, England, digital composite,

Mark Moffett / Ant (Leptothorax canadensis) with pollen enters Alpine Forget-me-not flower (Eritrichium sp), Colorado

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) parasite sterilizes Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree by dismantling flowers, with energy diverted from reproduction, tree grows larger providing more room for ants, Peru