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Echium boissieri - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Echium boissieri - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Braga, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Echium boissieri - Infructescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence, close-up; Braga, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Echium boissieri - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Braga, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1824
Date of entry: 03.10.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)

      Order: Lamiales (171)

        Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)

          Genus: Echium (9)

            Epithet: boissieri Steud. (1)

boissieri => in honor of Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885), Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

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