Echium giganteum L.F.

Vipérine géante (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Echium

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 1.75-2.75m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.75 - 2.25
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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

Flower

Echium giganteum flower picture by pacheco albania (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Echium giganteum world distribution map, present in Spain

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115679-1
WFO ID wfo-0000662814
COL ID 6DWV3
BDTFX ID 122036
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Isoplesion giganteum Echium rupestre Echium candicans Echium giganteum