Echium tenue

Description

Echium parviflorum is a species of plantinthe genus Echium in theborage family (Boraginaceae). Echium parviflorum is an annual stem therophyte or a biennial hemicryptophyte that reaches stature heights of 10 to 40 centimeters. The basal leaves are 55 to 120 millimeters in size. The bristles stand upright. The calyx is 6 to 8 millimeters in size, grows out to 20 millimeters and is bristly when pressed. 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 edge is darker. The flowering period extends from March to May. The chromosome number is 2n = 16 or 12. Echium parviflorum occurs in the Mediterranean region. The species grows on Crete in stony and rocky phrygana, in semi-rudderal grassy places and on sandy coasts at altitudes from 0 to 400 meters.