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Echium arenarium (Coastal Viper's Bugloss) |
Echium arenarium (BORAGINACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Echium arenarium Gussone
Published in Ind. Sem. Horto Boccad. 5 (1826) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Boraginaceae
Juss. (The Borage Family)
16 species from the Boraginaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Coastal Viper's Bugloss | Maltese name(s) : | Lsien il-fart tar-ramel, Lsien il-fart tax-xtut | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Feb-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Blue or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dunes and sandy fields near the sea, sometimes also found on exposed rocky ground near maritime coasts. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Hispid biennial 10-25 cm, with several to many ascending flowering stems. Leaves with whitish, short appressed setae; the basal 30-60 x 5-14 mm, spathulate, long-petiolate; the cauline spathulate, elliptical or oblong, the uppermost sessile. Calyx 5-7 mm at anthesis, up to 10 mm in fruit, with the lobes remaining narrow. Corolla 6-11 mm, dark blue, with all the stamens included. |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Balaeric Islands, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Doubtful in Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Introduced in France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE Ag Bl(I M N) Cr Cy Ga Gr Hs(S) It Li dLu Ma dSa Si(M S) Tn |
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