Echium webbii
| Echium webbii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. webbii |
| Binomial name | |
| Echium webbii Coincy | |
Echium webbii is endemic on the wooded slopes of La Caldera, on the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands. The species are named after Philip Barker Webb who described flora in the Canary Islands between 1828 and 1830. The species was named by Auguste-Henri de Coincy and was published in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier II, 3: 270. 1903.[1]
The flowers are normally blue and produced in numerous spikes in early summer, but a hybrid is sometimes seen with white or pink flowers. It can grow up to 150 cm.
The plant is not very tolerant of cold, and in the wild is a shrub. It can be grown in gardens in mild areas, but requires good drainage.
A difference to Echium virescens, native to Tenerife is that it has simple lateral tops.
References
- ↑ "Echium webbii". Missouri Botanical Garden: Tropicos.org. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
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