Echium creticum, the Cretan viper's bugloss, (syn.

Echium calycinum Viv., Echium rubrum Moench, Echium sericeum Vahl, Echium violaceum L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

It is native to the western Mediterranean Basin.

[1] It is also used as an ornamental plant.

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