Name the Bug # 28

Tomorrow's Taxon of the Week will certainly be bringing the pretty:



Anyone recognise it?

Attribution to follow.

Update: Identity now available here. Photo from here.
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5 comments:

  1. CJD11 October 2010 at 16:48

    It looks a lot like Anchusa (Boraginaceae) to me.

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  2. Reprobus11 October 2010 at 17:10

    These tests alternate between easy and impossible....

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  3. Pat11 October 2010 at 21:52

    It looks very like Anchusa officinalis, though the bracts are a bit crowded near the flowers compared to the ones I have seen.

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  4. Pat12 October 2010 at 06:40

    Is this "Name the Bugloss"?

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  5. Christopher Taylor12 October 2010 at 13:33

    It is an Anchusa but not A. officinalis.

    These tests alternate between easy and impossible....

    It would never do to be predictable ;-P

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