Narrow-leaved Viper-Bugloss (Echium angustifolium) Miller, 1768

 

Synonyms: Echium diffusum, Echium elegans, Echium hispidum, Echium sericeum subsp. halacsyi

 

 

Echium angustifolium is native to the Eastern Mediterranean, the Near East, and North Africa. It grows in coastal areas, semi-steppe shrublands, woodlands, roadsides, abandoned lands, rocky slopes, semi-deserts, and deserts; up to 950 m in Cyprus. This is a perennial subshrub 40-50 cm in height; occasionally up to 100 cm. It is more sprawling than many other Boraginaceae. The leaves are alternate, entire, sessile, and pubescent. The flowers are funnel-shaped, purple to violet. This species flowers from March through August in more temperate parts of its range, and throughout the year elsewhere. The fruit is a schizocarp.

 

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