Echium sabulicola, Pomel

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 : 99

12. E. sabulicola Pomel , Nouv. Mat. FI. Atl. 90 (1874)

( E. maritimum auct., non Willd., E. confusum Coincy ).

Procumbent, ascending or erect, hispid biennial or perennial 15-50 cm, with several to many flowering stems. Basal leaves ovate to obovate; cauline leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, attenuate and subpetiolate at base, with more or less dense, white, appressed or patent setae. Inflorescence more or less branched, laxly paniculate. Calyx 6-10 mm at anthesis, up to 16 mm in fruit, densely white-setose. Corolla 12-22 mm, infundibuliform, dark blue or pinkish- to bluish-purple, usually with 1-2 stamens exserted; filaments sometimes sparsely hairy. Roadsides, fields and sandy areas near the sea. W. Mediterranean region. BI Co Ga Hs It Sa Si.