| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Echiochilon fruticosum Desf. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Atlant. 1: 166 (1798) |
| Native Range | Syria to n. Africa and Saudi Arabia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets shortly appressed white hirsute, leaves alternate, persistent, sparse, linear-subulate, rigid, to 10cm long, flowers axillary, solitary, corolla tubular |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | 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 |
| Synonyms | Echiochilon fruticosum var. marginatum Buxb. Echiochilon fruticosum var. sieberi I.M.Johnst. Lithospermum divaricatum Sieber ex Spreng. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |