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Echium perezii, the pink tajinaste, is a species of Echium that is found high up in the area of La Caldera de Taburiente on the Canary Island of La Palma. Like its sister plant on Tenerife, this plant forms a large rosette of silvery leaves which eventually give rise to tall spikes of bright pink flowers about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height. The plant is biennial and dies after flowering. This plant can be grown in gardens, but requires good drainage and fairly mild conditions. The plant hates water falling in the centre of the rosette and will often rot in such conditions.
The term tajinaste is borrowed from Guanche, an extinct language spoken by the inhabitants of the Canary Islands prior to their colonisation by Spain, and is used to refer to various other local species of Echium.
Echium wildpretii is endemic to the sub-alpine region of La Palma, from around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level to the highest point of the island at 2,425 metres (7,956 ft). This region experiences harsh conditions, with average annual temperatures of around 13 °C (55 °F) and very little precipitation. The area of this region is also small, just 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi), which means the species is vulnerable to changes in its habitat due to natural disasters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echium perezii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
