Leaves : Leaves variable in shape; basal leaves petiolate, ovate; cauline leaves usually narrower than the basal ones, often bearing scattered, well-developed tubercles, not amplexicaul.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers : Cymes becoming elongated toward the end of anthesis and rather lax in fruit; calyx silky, with white, only slightly rough hairs; corolla showy, with an oblique throat, varying from pale pink to bright blue, pubescent outside and not ciliate on the margin; stamens scarcely exserted; style bifid.
الثمار والبذور
Fruit : Nutlets 4, free, ovoid to triquetrous, tuberculate-rugose, typical of the genus.
الموائل والبيئة
Habitat & elevation : Abandoned ground and rocky places.
Lebanese distribution : Recorded from Oumm-el-Aouamid toward Naqoura, ‘Adloun, Tyr, Qala‘at ech-Chekif, Ibl-es-Saki, Sarada and Ouadi-el-Harir.
Native range : Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine.
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit : Biennial herb, close to Echium plantagineum ; stems usually fewer, 30–80 cm tall, covered over a weak pubescence with rather long, stiff bristles.