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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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.

ReinoPlantaeFiloTracheophytaClaseMagnoliopsidaOrdenBoraginalesFamiliaBoraginaceaeGéneroLycopsis

small bugloss

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

Peligro

1/5 · Muy bajo

Snaps

¡Sé la primera persona en hacer un snap!

Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 10-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 0.3-0.6 cm
Temporada de floración: Late_spring_to_late_summer
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Leve
Ciclo de vida: Anual
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

Peludo

Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Bienal

Las plantas bienales completan su ciclo de vida en dos temporadas de crecimiento, formando típicamente follaje en el primer año y floreciendo o semillando en el segundo.

Floración primaveral

Las plantas de floración primaveral producen sus flores durante la temporada de primavera, lo que a menudo significa el final del invierno y el comienzo de un nuevo crecimiento.