Echium parviflorum, Moench

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 100

17. E. parviflorum Moench , Meth. 423 (1794)

(F. calycinum Viv. ).

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. 2« = 16. Mediterranean region. Al BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju?Lu Sa Si.