| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Echiochilon kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen.) I.M.Johnst. |
| Bibliography | J. Arnold Arbor. 38: 283 (1957) |
| Native Range | Libya, sw. Iran, e. & s. Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands |
| Description | grey setose, densely leafy, leaves minute, scaly, at base amplexicaule, linear-oblong, patent, acute, flowers minute, axillary, producing short spike |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lithodora kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen.) Stroh Lithospermum kotschyi Boiss. & Hohen. Sericostoma kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen.) Franch. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, YEM Yemen) |