| Echium virescens | |
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| tower of jewels Echium virescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Echium |
| Species: | E. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Echium virescens DC. |
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Echium virescens (Tower of jewels) is a plant included in the genus Echium. It is endemic to the island of Tenerife, mainly in Macizo de Anaga and the Orotava Valley. It has its own flowering region and are in the lower zones of the slopes of the south of the island.
It is a herbaceous biennial plant and grows up to 2 m in height and requires plenty of sun and lives in dry conditions.
Roses in several dense and cylindrical inflorescences, mainly in bifid lateral tops, the difference with the Echium webbii of the island of La Palma that has simple lateral tops.
It has dense foliage with green-grey leaves. These are thick and persistent, lanceolate, at the base, and smaller throughout the inflorescence, with hairs on both faces.
It has pale or pink flowers from the end of winter to the beginning of spring. The flowers have welded sepals at the base.
This plant is used in gardens. The plant are used for beekeeping, the plant has a great risk of pollen and nectar from other flowers.