[Janet Ibbotson]

I have some flower heads from echium candicans but cannot work out what the see looks like.  Can anyone tell me?

[Alice]

Janet, I have found an interesting site which may be of use to you:

http://theseedsite.co.uk/db1.html

It describes the seeds of Echium russicum and E. vulgare as small black chips. Those of E. candicans could well be similar. There are also close-up photos of seeds and germination information.