Narrow-leaved Viper's Bugloss / حنا الغول / كَحلَة /

أَخْيوم ضَيِّق الوَرَق / زهرة الأفعى / زهرة الأفعى ضيقة الأوراق /

Echium angustifolium Mill.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
March to August
Seed collection period
September to November

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pale pink
  • Red
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Echium L.
Family
Boraginaceae
Wikidata item
Q15547980
GBIF Item
Echium angustifolium Mill. (8134399)

References

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  2. Echium angustifolium Mill. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-06.
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Echium angustifolium Mill. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/708 accessed via barari.org on 6/12/2025.

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