Echium plantagineum

Salvation jane, Salvation Jane

Family: Boraginaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Salvation jane is a naturalized annual found in central California Coast and southern California Coast (San Diego County) in disturbed areas at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces blue-purple flowers in spreading inflorescences up to 15 centimeters long with branches ascending 2 to 8 at a time. Growing 40 to 80 centimeters tall with narrow, bristly leaves that have bulbous-based hairs, it forms spreading branched stems. Its leaves are narrow-elliptic to oblong, measuring 2 to 15 centimeters long and characterized by bulbous-based bristles. The fruit is black, rough, and wrinkled, with fine tubercles covering its surface.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: c CCo, SCo (San Diego Co.)

California counties: San Diego, Sonoma, Marin

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.