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Viper's bugloss

Echium vulgare

Photo by The MnMs
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Description:

Family Boraginaceae.
The flowers are blue and displayed in a branched spike, with all the stamens protruding. The pollen is blue but the filaments of the stamens remain red, contrasting against the blue flowers.

The little bee seems it could be a longhorn bee of the genus Eucera.

Habitat:

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Reference Links:

Echium vulgare - Wikipedia, Eucera - Wikipedia

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