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Echium wildpretii

Echium wildpretii

About

Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, and is found mainly in the national park surrounding Mount Teide in Tenerife. The subspecies E. wildpretii subsp. trichosiphon occurs at high altitudes on the island of La Palma. The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.

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Ecology

How it lives

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Seed
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Name
Echium wildpretii
Slug
echium-wildpretii
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Echium
Species
wildpretii
Wikidata QID
Q162998
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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