Borage Flowers (IMAGE)

University of Exeter

Borage Flowers

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This image shows Echium angustifolium in Tenerife (Borage family). To us the flowers are a fairly uniform purple, but bees can see two UV absorbent patches at the top of the flower.

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Jolyon Troscianko

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