Description and images of Echium vulgare (Hierba azul , Viborera , Ortiguilla), a native Chilean plant, provided by the supplier of native exotic Chilean seeds, Chileflora.com

Image of Echium vulgare (Hierba azul / Viborera / Ortiguilla). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Echium vulgare

VII Region, Colbún, Chile
Altitude: 450 m. 01 01, 2002

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Species:	Echium vulgare
Family:	Boraginaceae
Order:	Lamiales
Chilean Name:	Hierba azul , Viborera , Ortiguilla
English Name:	Blueweed/Blue thistle
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Record:	0022
	About 1 Echium in Chile and 1 in our data base.
	About 113 Boraginaceae in Chile and 39 in our data base.




	Foreign Frequent Height:100 Some ornamental value (B)

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INTRODUCTION

Image of Echium vulgare (Hierba azul / Viborera / Ortiguilla). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Echium vulgare

VII Region, Colbún, Chile
Altitude: 450 m. 01 01, 2002

DESCRIPTION

Plant type: Biannual

Flower: Blue, 5 petals

Height:100

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Image of Echium vulgare

VII Region, Pelarco, Libueno, Chile
Altitude: 350 m. 01 01, 2002

HABITAT

In Chile this species grows in the following environmental conditions:

Habitat according to altitude:

Low altitude, interior valleys
Coastal mountains, 500 - 2000 m.
Coastal areas, 0 - 500 m

Watering conditions:

Somewhat dry areas where the drought may last 3 - 5 months. Precipitations of 400 - 800 mm. are concentrated in winter.
Dry, arid areas, with long drought periods of 6 - 10 months. Precipitations of 100 mm - 300 mm. are concentrated in winter.

Light conditions:

Fully exposed to the sun. Level areas or slopes facing north.
Some shadow. Some protection against direct sunlight, some shadow from vegetation, filtering about 20 - 40 % of light.

Image of Echium vulgare (Hierba azul / Viborera / Ortiguilla). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Echium vulgare

VII Region, Pelarco, Libueno, Chile
Altitude: 350 m. 01 01, 2002

USES

Some ornamental value (B)

Useful properties:

Weed

Image of Echium vulgare (Hierba azul / Viborera / Ortiguilla). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Echium vulgare

VII Region, Pelarco, Libueno, Chile
Altitude: 350 m. 01 01, 2002

GROWING TIPS

This species has the following hardiness:

USDA Hardiness Zone 9. The plant does not tolerate snow, but can tolerate occasional freezing spells of about - 5° C (the typical morning frost of central Chile).