We study he asymptotic behaviour as $t \rightarrow + \infty$ of the solutions of an abstract fractional equation $u = u_0 + \partial^( - \alpha) Au + g$, 1 < $\alpha$ < 2, where $A$ is a linear operator of sectorial type. We also show that a discretization in time of this equation based on backward Euler convolution quadrature inherits this behaviour.