''Echium creticum'', the Cretan viper's bugloss, (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Echium calycinum''
Viv., ''Echium rubrum''
Moench, ''Echium sericeum''
Vahl, ''Echium violaceum''
L.) is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Boraginaceae. It is native to the western
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and w ...
.
It is also used as an
ornamental plant.
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''Echium creticum''
creticum
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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