ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ECHIUM
New Latin, from Greek echion, from echis viper, from its use as an antidote to a viper bite.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECHIUM»
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Authors G.H. Schmelzer ECHIUM STENOSIPHON Webb Protologue Hook., Niger
Fl.: 155, t. 15 (1849). Family Boraginaceae Vernacular names Língua de vaca (
Po). Origin and geographic distribution Echium stenosiphon is endemic to Cape
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Noxious Weeds of Australia
Synonym: E. lycopsis L. Alternative names: blue weed, Lady Campbell weed (WA
), purple bugloss, purple echium (S. Africa), purple viper's bugloss (UK), Riverina
bluebell, viper's bugloss (USA) Noxious: NSW - declared in 54 Council areas ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
Levyns 20604 V 20604 South Africa - Cape Province 20604 V Echium
acanthocarpum Svent. /555s V 20750 Spain - Canary Is. 19174 E Echium
auberianum v/ebb & Berthei. 17530 E 15105 Spain - Canary Is. /5/05 V Echium
bethencourtii ...
Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, 1998
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Weeds of California and Other Western States
Joseph M. DiTomaso, Evelyn A. Healy. 01 ro 11 u rtJ O GQ QJ E Pride of Madeira
[Echium candicans L.f.] [Cal-IPC: Limited] Vipers bugloss [Echium plantagineum
L] SYNONYMS: Pride of Madeira: Echium branchyanthwn Hornem.; Echium ...
Joseph M. DiTomaso, Evelyn A. Healy, 2007
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Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees: Volume 2
... worldwide and in Europe The cosmopolitan Boraginaceae family includes 148
genera with 2740 species. There are 37 genera with 262 species in Europe and
approximately 25 endemic species (Echium and Ceballosia) in Macaronesia.
Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2012
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The Bradley Bibliography: Dendrology. 1911-12
LOBOSTEMON (Echium spec.) Dietrich, D. N. F. [Lobostemon strigosus, L.
sphaerocephalus.] (In his Flora universalis . . . Neue Folge ... pi. 67. 1849-56.) L.
argenteus: Jacquin. N. J. Baron von. [Echium froti- cosum.] (In his Plantarum
rariorum ...
Charles Sprague Sargent, 1912
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CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: ...
Echium biebersteinii Lacaita (Echium italicum Salzm. ex Ball; Echium italicum L.)
Iran, Europe. See Species Plantarum 1: 139. 1753, Friedrich August Marschall
von Bieberstein, 1768–1826, Centuria plantarum rariorum Rossiae meridionalis
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Umberto Quattrocchi, 2012
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Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
Echinops ritro Echium candicans Epigaea repens Epimedium x rubrum Eranthis
hyemalis Erigeron 'Foerster's Liebling'. case echinos, meaning "hedgehog," and
opsis, "appearance." About 120 species belong to the genus — annuals, ...
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General Natural History
Echium carol/is w'x' calycem excedentihm margine wille/is. The [ittlezflowered
Echium, with roillose edges to the flower. The root is simple, oblong, and brown;
the radical leaves are two inches and a half long, half an inch wide, and pointed
at ...
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Biological Control of Weeds in Australia
47–54. University of Capetown, South Africa. Sheppard A and Smyth M (2002)
Predicting seedbank decay rates: the effects of field conditions on seed longevity
and seedling recruitment in Echium plantagineum L. In Proceedings of the 13th ...
Jim Cullen, Mic Julien, Rachel McFadyen, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECHIUM»
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echium is used in the context of the following news items.
Silver foliage can beat heat
•Echium wildpretii, tower of jewels, is a garden oddity. This is a biennial, meaning that it lives for two years, and flowers in the second year, then ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
Behind the scenes at Ventnor
... apricots, ricin, agapanthus, cordylines and echium all growing among the vegetables," he said. John Lewis sent me a picture of an echium. «Isle of Wight County Press, Jun 15»
Birds, bees and bucks: Intercropped winter oilseeds could benefit …
... Minn., are working with echium, a colorful oilseed crop used in health food and personal care products, and provides a good source of nectar ... «Morris Sun Tribune, Jun 15»
Gardening: 'Add a touch of the tropics with this biennial'
Echium pininana (Tree Echium) is a stunning plant for any sheltered border providing a tropical touch to any garden in late spring and early ... «Limerick Leader, Jun 15»
Gardens for goddesses
... to a strip of cut-flowers around the front lawn and a sheltered bed filled with Pride of Madeira, the wonderful blue spikes of Echium candicans. «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
The Cambria Shores Inn's coastal garden has grown into a work of art
Mr. Happy, a hybrid echium, puts up a 6-foot tall pink flower spike to demonstrate he also is really happy in this garden by the sea. He isn't the ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, May 15»
Ipogei Capparelli, "un viaggio nel tempo tra storia e natura"
al delicato biancore degli asfodeli (Asphodelus albus) all'azzurro delle Borraginacee (Borago officinalis L.), Echium vulgare, al rosso vivo dei ... «StatoQuotidiano.it, May 15»
The butterflies and the bees
Certainly during April and May in my garden I would have to put Echium webbii at the top of the list. We have a threesome of large shrubs at the ... «Cyprus Mail, May 15»
Giant rhubarb (Gunnera manicata). Picture: Holly Kerr Forsyth …
In Australia beekeepers admire salvation Jane (Echium plantagineum), often flowering in drought and the first to flower after winter, while it is ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
Bee-friendly plants and pest management strategies – Part 1
Common name. Organum. Oregano. Agastache. Anise hyssop. Lavandula × intermedia. Lavender. Nepeta. Catmint. Echium. Viper's bugloss. «Michigan State University Extension, Apr 15»
