Echium russicum, J. F. Gmelin

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

9. E. russicum J. F. Gmelin , Syst. Nat. 2: 323 (1791)

( E. rubrum Jacq. , non Forskâl).

Erect, hispid biennial 25-50 cm, with 1 to several flowering stems. Basal and cauline leaves 55-100 x 4-10 mm, lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, attenuate at the base, with soft, appressed setae. Inflorescence spike-like. Calyx 5-6 mm. Corolla 9-12 mm, more or less infundibuliform, dark red, with 4-5 long-exserted stamens; filaments red. 2« = 24. Meadows and uncultivated slopes, scrub. E.C. & S.E. Europe, extending northwards to c. 55° N. in C. Russia. Al Au Bu Cz Hu Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).