Weed
common viper's bugloss
NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).
Triangularly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Brown
Warty surface with a few dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
ribs
Long, narrow scar with two adjacent flat surfaces; the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
is flat.
NutletsNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints). are obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest. with the two ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
surfaces flat but forming a wedge-shaped arrangement which meets at the linear scar. The apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. end is flat with two straight edges that connect the two ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
surfaces, and one curved that connects the curved dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit. surface. The surface texture is irregular and warty. The color is gray-brown.
State Noxious Weed: Montana, Utah, Wyoming
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Boraginaceae
Echium vulgare L.
