| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Echium amoenum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum [LE, Petropolitanus) 4: 35 (1838) |
| Native Range | Caucasus to nw. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | softly hirsute, leaves uninerved, the lower oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate, the upper sessile, flowers in spike, calyx strigose, lobes lanceolate |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | reddish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Echium orientale C.A.Mey. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |
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