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Echium brevirame is a low woody shrub from La Palma in the Canary Islands, with leathery spiny leaves and compact white flowers. It needs well-drained soil, full sun and dry conditions, as is typical of Canary Island Echium.
Echium brevirame is a species of flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is restricted to the island of La Palma.
It is a low woody shrub with, average height 30 centimetres (12 in), maximum height 100 centimetres (39 in). The leaves are leathery, spiny, and lance-shaped. Its flowers are white and sit in a compact inflorescence.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echium brevirame by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
