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Echium aculeatum is a branched, thorny shrub from the Canary Islands, grown for its white flowers. Give it full sun, free-draining soil and little water, as it suits dry, mild conditions.
Echium aculeatum is a species of flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it occurs on the islands El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife. Its name in Spanish is ajinajo.
It is a branched shrub with thorny leaves and white flowers.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
