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Echium parviflorum (Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss) |
Echium parviflorum (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 parviflorum Moench
Published in Meth. 423 (1794) | 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) : | Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss | Maltese name(s) : | Lsien il-fart żgħir | 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]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
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 : | Jan-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Blue or Pink |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Open habitats, esp. rocky and dry places |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Hispid annual or biennial 10-40 cm, with several to many ascending or erect flowering stems. Leaves with sparse to dense appressed setae; the basal 55-120 x 5-25 mm, spathulate to oblanceolate, long-petiolate; the cauline obovate or oblong, the uppermost sessile. Calyx 6-8 mm at anthesis, up to 15 mm with wide lobes in fruit. Corolla 10-13 mm, pale or dark blue, with all the stamens included. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=16 |
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): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Doubtful in Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? AE Ag Al Bl(I M N) Co Cr Ct Ga Gr Hs(S) It ?Li ?LS ?Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Tn Tu(A) |
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