Echium parviflorum

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Echium parviflorum
Echium parviflorum

Echium parviflorum

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Asterids
Euasterids I
Family : Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae)
Genre : Adderheads ( Echium )
Type : Echium parviflorum
Scientific name
Echium parviflorum
Monk

Echium parviflorum is a plant type from the type of snake heads ( echium ) in the family of the Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae).

description

Echium parviflorum is an annual stem therophyte or a two-year-old hemicryptophyte that reaches heights of 10 to 40 centimeters. The basal sheets are 55 to 120 millimeters in size. The bristles are upright. The calyx is 6 to 8 millimeters in size, grows to 20 millimeters and is bristly when pressed down. The tips are 3 to 6 millimeters wide at the base. The crown is 10 to 13 millimeters in size and light blue to white, its hem is darker.

The flowering period extends from March to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16 or 12.

Occurrence

Echium parviflorum occurs in the Mediterranean area. The species grows on Crete in stony and rocky Phrygana , in semi-ruderal grassy places and on sandy coasts at altitudes from 0 to 400 meters.

literature

  • Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 249 .

Individual evidence

  1. Echium parviflorum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis