Echium brevirame

Echium brevirame
Echium brevirame
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Boraginales
Family:Boraginaceae
Genus:Echium
Species: E. brevirame
Binomial name
Echium brevirame
Sprague & Hutch.
Synonyms
  • Echium aculeatum var. leucophaeum Bornm.
  • Echium giganteum f. inermis Coincy2

Echium brevirame, the La Palma white bugloss is a species of white coloured[1] perennial plant from Boraginaceae family, that can be found in south La Palma. The plant have leather-like leaves, which are also densely spiny. It can grow up to 100 centimetres (39 in).[1]

The species name is from the Latin for "short branch" as its branch size is small. Its leaves are lanceolate. Similar to Echium aculeatum which its difference is ina part of its calyx which are shorter than the corolla.

It is a perennial plant which can grow up to 2.5 m in height.

Echium brevirame are closely related to Echium aculeatum and Echium leucophaeum of the neighbouring Tenerife Island.

References

  1. 1 2 "Echium albicans". Rareplants. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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