Echium plantagineum L., 1771 43% complete

Blue echium

Mant. Pl. 2: 202 (1771)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Echium plantagineum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Mant. Pl. 2: 202 (1771) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1771 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Blue echium No source recorded
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Observations Great Britain, Macaronesia to Caucasus No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 43 cm
  • 43.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 175, 178, 270, 299, 301, 474, 520, 598, 655, 882, 884
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 174, 175, 178, 655, 833, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue, purple, magenta
  • blue, magenta, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 655, 882
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Fruit color brown, grey, black Sourced
Fruit shape mericarp Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 175, 178, 270, 299, 301, 474, 520, 598, 655, 882, 884
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, mar Sourced
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 110, 164, 178, 299, 301, 460, 882, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous)
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record