Echium wildpretii
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| Internal ID | UUID644018f5adf4c427264738 |
| Scientific name | Echium wildpretii |
| Authority | H.Pearson ex Hook.f. |
| First published in | Bot. Mag. 128: t. 7847 (1902) |
Description Top
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Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the Canary Islands. Commonly known as tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss, it is a biennial plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. It produces a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies. The red flowers are borne on an erect inflorescence, 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in). It grows in the subalpine zone of the ravines of Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain, and requires a lot of sun and is found in arid and dry conditions, but it tolerates frost down to −5 °C (23 °F). It is used as a garden ornamental, but requires some winter protection in frost-prone areas, and is favoured by bee-keepers for its high nectar content.
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tajinaste rojo |
| Arabic | زهرة الأفعى الكنارية |
| Czech | hadinec teidský |
| German | wildprets natternkopf |
| Persian | گل گاوزبان زیبایوحشی |
| Finnish | timanttitorni |
| Finnish | kuningatarneidonkieli |
| French | tajinaste |
| French | viperine de tenerife |
| French | vipérine de ténérife |
| Upper Sorbian | wildpretowa hrimanka |
| Japanese | エキウム・ウィルドプレティー |
| Japanese | エキウム・ウィルドプレッティ |
| Georgian | ვილდპრეტის ძირწითელა |
| Macedonian | Вилдпретова волчја опашка |
| Macedonian | Вилдпретово воловско јазиче |
| Russian | Синяк Вильдпрета |
| Russian | Синяк Вильдпретта |
| Swedish | jättesnokört |
| Swedish | jätteslokört |
| Chinese | 野蓝蓟 |
| Chinese | 野藍薊 |
| Chinese | 寶石塔 |
Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Echium wildpretii subsp. trichosiphon | (Svent.) Bramwell | Lagascalia 2: 78 (1972) |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
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Macaronesia
- Canary Islands
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Macaronesia
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000663158 |
| Tropicos | 100328859 |
| INPN | 839885 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115955-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2784435 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | 292969 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 441794 |
| Observations.org | 150494 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 113456 |
| IPNI | 115955-1 |
| iNaturalist | 147196 |
| GBIF | 7295503 |
| Freebase | /m/09cbfy |
| Elurikkus | 584344 |
| USDA GRIN | 14880 |
| Wikipedia | Echium_wildpretii |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| In public collections | 0 |