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small bugloss

Anchusa arvensis

Small bugloss is a pretty plant with bright blue flowers that look like little stars! It grows in fields and gardens, bringing color and beauty to nature.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The small bugloss has distinctive sky-blue, funnel-shaped flowers, often with a paler center, growing on hairy stems and leaves. Its rough, lance-shaped leaves are covered in stiff hairs, giving it a unique texture that sets it apart from smoother plants.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Its rough leaves give it the name "bugloss," meaning "ox tongue"!

Its tiny seeds can stay hidden in the soil, waiting years to sprout!

Small bugloss is a master of growing in sunny, open, disturbed places!

The bright blue flowers attract tiny bees and hoverflies for pollination!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hairy Armor Power

Small bugloss has bristly hairs all over its leaves and stems that protect it from hungry munchers.

Fähigkeit

Pioneer Spirit Power

Small bugloss can grow happily in tough, disturbed soils where other plants struggle to survive.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Seed Release

Small bugloss quickly produces many seeds, ensuring its speedy return year after year.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-60 cm
Blütengröße
0.3-0.6 cm
Blütezeit
Late_spring_to_late_summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen from its flowers

pollinates

buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

visits flowers, transferring pollen as it feeds

pollinates

drone fly

Eristalis tenax

mimics bees and helps spread pollen

pollinates

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Aglais urticae

drinks nectar from its small blue blossoms

eats

two-spotted ethmia

Ethmia bipunctella

its caterpillars feed on bugloss leaves

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't pick plants unless an adult says it's okay.

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Was ist der/die/das höhe von small bugloss?

10-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von small bugloss?

0.3-0.6 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von small bugloss?

Late_spring_to_late_summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von small bugloss?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von small bugloss?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von small bugloss?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von small bugloss?

Insekten

Wo findet man small bugloss normalerweise?

Grasslands

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