Echium nervosum
| Blue pride of Madeira | |
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| Echium nervosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. nervosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Echium nervosum W.T. Aiton, 1810 | |
Echium aculeatum (the Blue pride of Madeira or the Madeiran blue pride) is an endemic species of white coloured[1][2] perennial plant from Boraginaceae family, that can be found in the north coast of Madeira Island, Porto Santo Island and Bugio. The plant have leather-like leaves, which are also densely spiny.
Its name in Portuguese is "massaroco[2]
The species name is from the Latin for "nervous".[1]
Description
The plant can grow to 2 m long and has white-blue-lavender stems. The leaves are lanceolate, about 4.5 to 12.5 cm long.[1]
The plant blooms between January and August.
See also
- Laurisilva
- Echium candicans - another plant which is also known as the "Pride of Madeira"
References
- 1 2 3 Echium nervosum, IPNI - International Plant Names index
- 1 2 "Echium nervosum". Tropicos. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
Further reading
- Roberto Jardim, David Francisco: Flora Endémica da Madeira. Múchia Publicações, Funchal 2000, p. 96 ISBN 972-8622-00-7
- Peter Sziemer: Eine kurze Naturgeschichte Madeiras. Francisco Ribeiro & Filhos, LDA, Funchal 2000 ISBN 972-9177-30-9
- António da Costa, Luis de Franquinho: Madeira. Plantas e Flores. Francisco Ribeiro & Filhos, LDA, Funchal 2008, p. 173 ISBN 972-9177-13-9
External links
- Pictures of the plant
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