Echium amoenum
Echium amoenum is a biennial or perennial herb indigenous to the narrow zone of northern part of Iran and Caucasus, Russia, where it grows at an altitude ranging from 60 to 2,200 m (200 to 7,220 ft). It is one of the important medicinal herbs in traditional Iranian medicine. E. amoenum has been advocated for a variety of effects such as demulcent, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, especially for the common cold, and as an anxiolytic and sedative.
Echium amoenum plant
| Echium amoenum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. amoenum |
| Binomial name | |
| Echium amoenum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. | |
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