| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Echiochilon simonneaui Faurel & Dubuis |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: 316 (1959) |
| Native Range | Western Sahara to Mauritania |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-400m |
| Description | leaves dense, coriaceous, lanceolate, sessile, acute, 5-10mm, on margins spinose, inflorescence spicate, flowers numerous, calyx 5-7mm, sepals acute, corolla 11-15mm |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | white, rose, blue |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (WSA Western Sahara) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) |