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Confirmation needed! In the book"Blue Ruin" is described; "in serried ranks, tall spikes of blue ruin had shot up in luxurious bloom, every little gray-green, rolled-up, leafy spike fluting out in the deep weird blue of its tubular corolla." It also refers to the flower as viper' weed, which leads me to believe it is Viper's Bugloss. Can anyone confirm? Source(s): http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/bugloss.html

Sheryl I can't confirm, but it seems a reasonable choice. She also says "Blue Ruin" is a nettle -- Viper's Bugloss is not technically a nettle, but the term …moreI can't confirm, but it seems a reasonable choice. She also says "Blue Ruin" is a nettle -- Viper's Bugloss is not technically a nettle, but the term was used for similar plants with bristly hairs, which Viper's Bugloss is. She has her Blue Ruin growing on once-disturbed soil with daisies, which is also typical of Viper's Bugloss.

Blue Ruin was a common slang term for gin, the alcoholic drink. (less)

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