''Echium aculeatum'' is a
species of
flowering plant of the family
Boraginaceae.
It is
endemic to the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
, where it occurs on the islands
El Hierro,
La Palma,
La Gomera and
Tenerife.
[Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): ]
Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
' (''List of Forest Species of the Canary Islands''). 2009. Gobierno de Canarias, p. 150 Its name in
Spanish is ''ajinajo''.
[''Echium aculeatum'']
Floras de Canarias
It is a branched shrub with thorny
leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
and white
flowers.
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References
aculeatum
Endemic flora of the Canary Islands
Garden plants of Africa
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