MYN / Marko Masterl / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower with solitary bee (Panurgus sp), Slovenia, Europe, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Juan Carlos Munoz / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering in an olive grove. Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain, April 2010

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

Nick Upton / Lanzarote bugloss (Echium lanzarottense / lancerottense), an endemic species to the island, and Canary crucifer (Erucastrum canariense) a Canaries endemic, flowering near Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Isla...

Ernie Janes / Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower with Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) Scotland, 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

Terry Whittaker / Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), Kent, England, UK, July.

Terry Whittaker / Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) mating on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), Kent, England, UK. July.

Terry Whittaker / Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) mating on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), Kent, England, UK, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) growing with Stachys sp, Melampyrum and others near Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) growing with Stachys sp, Melampyrum and others near Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy June 2016

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

Dave Bevan / Large skipper (Ochlodes venatus) feeding on nectar from Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Hungary, June.

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.

Ernie Janes / Bees feeding on Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare). Norfolk, UK, June.

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.

Fabrice Cahez / Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Causse Mejean, Lozere, France, July.

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

Juan Manuel Borrero / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowers, Barcelona Province, Spain, May

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

Adrian Davies / Flowers on beach, including Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Sea mayweed (Matricaria maritima) Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) Sea carrot (Daucus carota) Slapton, Devo...

Adrian Davies / Flowers on beach, including Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Sea mayweed (Matricaria maritima) Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) Sea carrot (Daucus carota) Slapton, Devo...

Adrian Davies / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowers, UK

Nick Upton / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) clump growing on karst limestone mountain scree slope at 1550m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.

Nick Upton / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering on karst limestone mountain scree slope at 1550m in the Julian Alps with Cumulo nimbus clouds forming above 2864m Mount Triglav in the background, Triglav Na...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Black veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) feeding on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Lagadin region, Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

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

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

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

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

Bernard Castelein / Viper's bugloss flower {Echium vulgare} Brasschaat, Belgium

Geoff Simpson / Vipers bugloss {Echium vulgare} Derbyshire Dales, UK

Duncan Usher / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) flowers, Alentejo, Portugal

Guy Edwardes / Three Transparent burnet moths (Zygaena purpuralis) roosting on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) resting on Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare) with mountains in background, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) resting on Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare), Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) resting on Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare) with mountains in background, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) resting on Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare), Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

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

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mixed wildflowers including White campion (Silene latifolia) and Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. August.

Linda Pitkin / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, King Barrow Quarries DWT Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, King Barrow Quarries DWT Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, July.