Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Echium humile Desf. |
Bibliography | Fl. Atlant. 1: 165 (1798) |
Native Range | c. & se. Spain, n. Africa to n. Chad |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | ramose, leaves in rosette soon caducous, narrow, shortly petiolate, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, rigid, verrucose, ciliate, inflorescence dense, corolla 9-15mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | blue-purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
Synonyms | Anchusa humilis (Desf.) I.M.Johnst. Echium angustifolium Lam. Echium angustifolium var. grandiflorum Rouy Echium angustifolium var. humile (Desf.) Coincy Echium angustifolium var. parviflorum Rouy Echium angustifolium var. fallax Maire Echium humile var. saharicum Maire Echium pycnanthum ssp. humile (Desf.) Jahand. & Maire Echium thellungii Sennen & Mauricio |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (CHA Chad) |