Echium creticum L.

Cretan viper's bugloss (en), Vipérine de Crète (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Echium

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.52
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.07
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The flowers are sucked for their nectar. The basal leaves are used in stews.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 27
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Echium creticum habit picture by christophe gorla (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum habit picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Echium creticum leaf picture by Ramon Martorell Martorell (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum leaf picture by Ramon Martorell Martorell (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum leaf picture by christophe gorla (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Echium creticum flower picture by FCC2017 (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum flower picture by Isa Nature83 (cc-by-sa)
Echium creticum flower picture by Ramon Martorell Martorell (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echium creticum world distribution map, present in Brazil, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115618-1
WFO ID wfo-0000662748
COL ID 38M8S
BDTFX ID 75104
INPN ID 95749
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echium macranthum Echium megalanthum Echium plantagineum Echium verecundum Echium australe Echium grandiflorum Echium megalanthos Echium rubrum Echium setosum Echium spinescens Echium australe subsp. macranthum Echium creticum subsp. macranthum Echium creticum

Lower taxons

Echium creticum subsp. sauvagei Echium creticum subsp. coincyanum Echium creticum subsp. granatense