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Echium thyrsiflorum

Echium thyrsiflorum
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Canary Is. (La Palma)
Climate
subtropical

About

Echium thyrsiflorum is a flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. It occurs only ob La Caldera de Taburiente, where it grows in sunny, rocky sites above 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Its common name in Spanish is tajinaste palmero de cumbre.

In 2011 it was listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List under criterion D2, with its area of occupancy estimated to be 13–28 km2 (5.0–10.8 sq mi). The main threat described for this species is predation by goats and insects.

Other Echium plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echium thyrsiflorum 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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