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Bugloss (other)
Bugloss is a name (from Greek βούγλωσσον, ''boúglōsson'', " ox- tongue") used for several plants in the borage family ( Boraginaceae): *Barrelier's bugloss (''Anchusa barrelieri'') *Bugloss or small bugloss ('' Anchusa arvensis'') *Bugloss fiddleneck (''Amsinckia lycopsoides'') *Common bugloss (''Anchusa officinalis'') *Cretan viper's bugloss (''Echium creticum'') *Dyers' bugloss ('' Alcanna tinctoria'') *Giant viper's bugloss ('' Echium pininana'') *Italian Bugloss ('' Anchusa azurea'') *Mount Teide bugloss ('' Echium wildpretii'') *Purple viper's bugloss (''Echium plantagineum'') *Siberian bugloss (''Brunnera macrophylla'') *Strigose bugloss (''Anchusa strigosa'') *Viper's bugloss ('' Echium vulgare'') Bugloss is part of the name of an insect: *The viper's bugloss (''Hadena irregularis The Viper's Bugloss ''(Hadena irregularis)'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Meyrick describes it - Forewings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattle
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult males are referred to as bulls. Cattle are commonly raised as livestock for meat (beef or veal, see beef cattle), for milk (see dairy cattle), and for hides, which are used to make leather. They are used as riding animals and draft animals ( oxen or bullocks, which pull carts, plows and other implements). Another product of cattle is their dung, which can be used to create manure or fuel. In some regions, such as parts of India, cattle have significant religious significance. Cattle, mostly small breeds such as the Miniature Zebu, are also kept as pets. Different types of cattle are common to different geographic areas. Taurine cattle are found primarily in Europe and temperate areas of Asia, the Americas, and Australia. Zebus (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchusa Azurea
''Anchusa azurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, known by the common names garden anchusa and Italian bugloss (or just "bugloss"). It is a bristly perennial which may reach 1.5 meters tall and 60 centimeters wide. It has straight lance-shaped leaves and petite tubular flowers about 15 millimeters across with five bright violet-blue. These flowers, which typically appear May–July, are edible and attract bees. This species is native to Europe and western Asia and eastern Maghreb but is well-known elsewhere as a noxious weed. In Crete it is called agoglossos ( el, αγόγλωσσος) and the locals eat the tender stems boiled, steamed or fried. The genus name ''Anchusa'' comes from the Greek 'ankousa', which is the name of a root pigment once used for cosmetic purposes. Numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use, of which 'Loddon Royalist' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Other cultivars include 'Dropmore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadena Irregularis
The Viper's Bugloss ''(Hadena irregularis)'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Meyrick describes it - Forewings whitish-ochreous, irregularly suffused with pale ochreous brownish ; first and second lines edged externally with ochreous brownish, internally with dark brown ; median line ochreous brown ; orbicular and reniform outlined with pale ; subterminal line pale, edged anteriorly with ochreous-brown ; termen unmarked; cilia barred. Hindwings light fuscous, with darker postmedian line and subterminal band. Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londopdf In the larvae, yellow-grey coloured specimens predominate. They have brownish lateral and dorsal lines and darker angled spots which open to the front on the dorsum. The reddish-brown pupa has two short, curved tips on the cremaster. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on ''Silene otites'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Vulgare
''Echium vulgare'', known as viper's bugloss and blueweed,Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 203. is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is native to most of Europe and western and central Asia''Flora Europaea''''Echium vulgare''/ref> and it occurs as an introduced species in north-eastern North America, south-western South America and the South and North Island of New Zealand. The plant root was used in ancient times as a treatment for snake or viper bites. If eaten, the plant is toxic to horses and cattle through the accumulation of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the liver. Description It is a biennial or monocarpic perennial plant growing to tall, with rough, hairy, oblanceolate leaves. The flowers start pink and turn vivid blue, and are in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. The pollen is blue but the filaments of the stamens rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchusa Strigosa
''Anchusa strigosa'' is a non-succulent species of herbaceous plants in the Boraginaceae family endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean regions, particularly, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Iran. It is known widely by its common names of strigose bugloss and prickly alkanet. Description ''Anchusa strigosa'' is a perennial herb, with a rosette of leaves at its base and an inflorescence stem that rises to a height of one meter or more. The leaves are rough as the tongue of a ruminate, from whence its Arabic designation (لسان الثور; ''lisān eth-thawr'') and its Hebrew language, Hebrew designation (לשון-פר; ''leshon-par'') take their names. Both names are a reflection of the word ''bouglossos'', called in grc-x-koine, βούγλωσσον, the name given for the same plant and meaning "ox-tongued." The plant grows lean, and is often scraggy, from whence the modern taxonomic name of the species (''strigosa'') takes its name. In winter the plant grows a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunnera Macrophylla
''Brunnera macrophylla'', the Siberian bugloss, great forget-me-not, largeleaf brunnera or heartleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the Caucasus. It is a hardy, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial, that can reach from 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) in height, and carries basal, simple cordate leaves on slender stems. Sprays of small blue flowers, similar to those seen in the related forget-me-nots, are borne from mid-Spring, and bloom for eight to ten weeks. The plant is valued as groundcover in shady areas, and has clumps of large heart-shaped leaves of about six inches (15 cm); these usually have white or cream markings, and are present all season. Plants are happy in any shady area that stays relatively moist. It often self-seeds, appearing around the garden in other places. Clumps may be easily divided in early fall. ''Brunnera macrophylla'' may be reflective of the ancient flora of forests around the Black Sea, based on chromos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Plantagineum
''Echium plantagineum'', commonly known as purple viper's-bugloss or Patterson's curse, is a species of the genus '' Echium'' native to western and southern Europe (from southern England south to Iberia and east to the Crimea), northern Africa, and southwestern Asia (east to Georgia).''Echium plantagineum''. ''Flora Europaea''. It has also been introduced to , South Africa and United States, where it is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Wildpretii
''Echium wildpretii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to in height. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, and is found mainly on Mount Teide in Tenerife. The subspecies ''E. wildpretii'' subsp. ''trichosiphon'' occurs at high altitudes on the island of La Palma. The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.Bramwell, D and Bramwell, Z (2001) Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. 2nd edition. Editorial Rueda SL, Madrid, Spain . Etymology The Latin specific epithet ''wildpretii'' honours the 19th century Swiss botanist Hermann Josef Wildpret. Description It is a biennial, producing a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies. The red flowers are borne on an erect inflorescence, . The plant blooms from late spring to early summer in Tenerife. Habitat The plant grows in the subalpine zone of the ravines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Pininana
''Echium pininana'', commonly known as the tree echium, pine echium, giant viper's-bugloss, or tower of jewels, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is restricted to the island of La Palma.Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres' (''List of Forest Species of the Canary Islands''). 2009. Gobierno de Canarias, p. 151 ''Echium pininana'' is an endangered species, and is listed in Appendix I to, and is therefore protected under, the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. The specific epithet ''pininana'' is Latin for "small pine", though ''E. pininana'' is neither closely related to the pine, nor does it resemble that plant. Description Lifecycle ''Echium pininana'' is biennial or triennial, meaning each plant lives for only two or three years respec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ (anatomy), organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive system, digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels. The tongue also serves as a natural means of oral hygiene, cleaning the teeth. A major function of the tongue is the enabling of speech in humans and animal communication, vocalization in other animals. The human tongue is divided into two parts, an oral cavity, oral part at the front and a pharynx, pharyngeal part at the back. The left and right sides are also separated along most of its length by a vertical section of connective tissue, fibrous tissue (the lingual septum) that results in a groove, the median sulcus, on the tongue's surface. There are two groups of muscle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcanna Tinctoria
''Alkanna tinctoria'', the dyer's alkanet or simply alkanet, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae. Its roots are used to produce a red dye. The plant is also known as dyers' bugloss, orchanet, Spanish bugloss, or Languedoc bugloss. It is native to the Mediterranean region. ''A. tinctoria'' has 30 chromosomes and is regarded as a dysploid at the tetraploid level (4x + 2). ''A. tinctoria'' has a bright blue flower. The plant has a root of blackish appearance externally, but blue-red inside, with a whitish core. The root produces a fine red colouring material, which has been used as a dye in the Mediterranean region since antiquity. The dyestuff in its roots is soluble in alcohol, ether, and the oils, but is insoluble in water. It is used to give colour to wines and alcoholic tinctures, to vegetable oils, and to varnishes. Powdered and mixed with oil, the alkanet root is used as a wood stain. When mixed into an oily environment, it imparts a cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Creticum
''Echium creticum'', the Cretan viper's bugloss, (syn. ''Echium calycinum'' Viv., ''Echium rubrum'' Moench, ''Echium sericeum'' Vahl, ''Echium violaceum'' L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean Basin In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and w .... It is also used as an ornamental plant. References * External links''Echium creticum'' creticum Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Asterid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
