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Echium tuberculatum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Odeceixe, Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Echium tuberculatum - Stem close-up - Click to enlarge!

Stem close-up; Odeceixe, Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Echium tuberculatum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Odeceixe, Aljezur, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 741
Date of entry: 08.03.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

Portuguese: Viperina

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2110)

      Order: Lamiales (172)

        Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)

          Genus: Echium (9)

            Epithet: tuberculatum Gilib. (1)

tuberculatum => beset with small tubers, or knobbly projections

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, red

External links

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