| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum (L.) Holub |
| Synonyms | Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum L. |
| Lithospermum longiflorum Salisb. | |
| Lithospermum pumilum Lehm. | |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 100-1200m |
| Description | hirsute, leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, acute, flowers 14-19mm long in small fascicles apically on stem, nutlets shiny, white |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | blue, purplish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain ) Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Belarus , Krym , Central European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | BORAGINACEAE
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