Lithodora fruiticosum - Shrubby Gromwell - (Boraginaceae)

Lithordora fruiticosum - Shrubby Gromwell

Shrubby Gromwell is a member of the Borage (Boraginaceae) family and has bright blue flowers. This low-growing shrub can be found throughout the Iberian Peninsula and in southern France; it flowers from December through until June.

It is popular in gardens in the UK where this very hardy shrub blooms for even longer than in the Mediterranean.

This specimen was photographed in the hills in the Algarve region of southern Portugal in March.