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Echium stenosiphon

Echium stenosiphon
Photo: Diego7864, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Cape Verde (São Vicente)
Climate
subtropical

About

Echium stenosiphon is a plant species of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. Its local name is língua-de-vaca (cow tongue), a name that may also refer to the related species Echium vulcanorum and Echium hypertropicum. The plant is used in traditional medicinal for a cough syrup.

Where it grows

Echium stenosiphon occurs in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente and Santa Luzia. It mainly occurs in the subhumid and humid zones, but has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.

Other Echium plants

Echium aculeatum · Echium albicans · Echium amoenum · Sand Bugloss · Echium boissieri · Echium brevirame · Pride of Madeira · Cretan viper's bugloss · Echium horridum · Echium hypertropicum · Italian viper's bugloss · Judean Viper's Bugloss

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echium stenosiphon 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.

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