| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Echium pycnanthum Pomel |
| Bibliography | Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 296 (1875) |
| Native Range | nw. Africa to Mauritania |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 0-2200m |
| Description | few ramose, stems and leaves scabrously setose, leaves broadly lanceolate, densely verrucose, inflorescence spicate create short short cymes, calyx hirsute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue-purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Echium angustifolium var. eriobotryum (Pomel) Coincy Echium angustifolium var. heterophyllum Coincy Echium angustifolium var. mogadorense (Coincy) Coincy Echium angustifolium var. onosmoides (Pomel) Coincy Echium aurelianum Sennen & Mauricio Echium densiflorum Pomel Echium eriobotryum Pomel Echium font-queri Sennen Echium humile ssp. pycnanthum (Pomel) Greuter & Burdet Echium humile var. pycnanthum (Pomel) Lacaita Echium laurentii Sennen & Mauricio Echium mogadorense Coincy Echium onosmoides Pomel Echium pycnanthum var. djeneieense Le Houér Echium pycnanthum var. eriobotryum (Pomel) Maire Echium pycnanthum var. fallaciosum Maire & Weiller Echium pycnanthum var. garianicum Maire & Weiler Echium pycnanthum var. heterophyllum (Coincy) Jahand. & Maire Echium pycnanthum var. mogadorense (Coincy) Jahand. & Maire Echium pycnanthum var. pseudosericeum Maire & Weiler |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) 22 West Tropical Africa (MTN Mauritania) |