Echium amoenum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Echium

Characteristics

A herb. It can grow for 2 or more years. It grows 25-35 cm tall. The leaves are sword shaped. It has red to purple trumpet shaped flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grwos between 60-2,200 m above sea level.
More
Not known
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses food medicinal oil
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seed.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Echium amoenum unspecified picture

Distribution

Echium amoenum world distribution map, present in Azerbaijan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115549-1
WFO ID wfo-0000662670
COL ID 6DWV9
BDTFX ID 168519
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echium amoenum Echium orientale