Echium arenarium Guss.

Vipérine des sables (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Echium

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.1-0.25m high.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Echium arenarium habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Echium arenarium leaf picture by Antoine Ambard (cc-by-sa)
Echium arenarium leaf picture by patrick locheron (cc-by-sa)
Echium arenarium leaf picture by González Meza (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echium arenarium flower picture by Patrick Zemlianoy (cc-by-sa)
Echium arenarium flower picture by Antoine Ambard (cc-by-sa)
Echium arenarium flower picture by Michel SIGART (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echium arenarium world distribution map, present in Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Malta, Portugal, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115556-1
WFO ID wfo-0000662682
COL ID 38M74
BDTFX ID 23491
INPN ID 95740
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Synonyms

Echium delileanum Echium diffusum Echium prostratum Echium sieberi Echium arenarium