Family: Boraginaceae Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis (Anchusa arvensis) Flowering time: April-September. Annual. Archaeophyte Often coastal on dry, sandy heaths, arable and waste ground but less frequent in damper western areas. An erect, bristly plant, the small bright-blue flowers with leaf-like bracts. Wavy-edged, toothed, linear-lanceolate leaves, the upper leaves half-clasping the stems. Height 15-40cm. Similar: Vipers-bugloss, Echium vulgare

Bugloss, Lycopsis arvensis (Anchusa arvensis)
Dorset. 2007