Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch. is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch. (Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch.)
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Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch.

Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch.

Echium brevirame is a low woody flowering shrub endemic to La Palma in the Canary Islands.

Family
Genus
Echium
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch.

Echium brevirame, with the scientific name Echium brevirame Sprague & Hutch., is a flowering plant species that belongs to the Boraginaceae family. This species is endemic to the Canary Islands, and its range is limited exclusively to the island of La Palma. It grows as a low woody shrub, with an average height of 30 centimetres (12 inches) and a maximum recorded height of 100 centimetres (39 inches). Its leaves are leathery, spiny, and shaped like lances. The plant produces white flowers that are arranged in a compact inflorescence.

Photo: (c) Dieter Scriba, all rights reserved, uploaded by Dieter Scriba

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Echium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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