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Echiochilon fruticosum

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Boraginaceae Edible: Leaves ?, Medicine ? 65 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb in the borage family found in Mediterranean desert regions.

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Distribution

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in the desert.

Where It Grows

Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia,

Synonyms

Lithospermum divaricatum Sieber ex Spreng.

References (1)

  • Bidak, L. M., et al, 2015, Goods and services provided by native plants in desert ecosystems: Examples from the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt. Global Ecology and Conservation 3 (2015) 433–447

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