Viperine of Tenerife

The viperine of Tenerife ( Echium wildpretii Pears. ex Hook. wire. ) herbaceous Plante biannual of the family of the Boraginacées is a which can reach the 3 meters of altitude. One finds viperine Tenerife in Cañadas of the Teide (islands the Canaries).

Etymology

vernacular Name:

Spanish: Pride of Tenerife, Tajinaste rojo
: Tower off jewels

Description

It is a hardy perennial, bi-annual. The first year the viperine one is appeared as a dense leafy rivet washer. The set up inflorescence develops then, being able to wait from 1 to 3 meters height, lasting the second year. Persistent sheets lancéolées thicker at their base and being dimininuant along the inflorescence. The flowers have a red corolla of color coral (to the difference of the subspecies trichosyphon , endemic of the island of Palma, whose corolla is of blue color.

Characteristics

reproductive bodies:

Standard of inflorescence:
distribution of the sexes:
Standard of pollination:
Period of flowering: end of spring and beginning of the summer

seed:

Standard of fruit:
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Habitat and distribution:

standard Habitat: subalpine zone of Cañadas of the Teide. It resists during the winter temperatures which can reach them - 5 °C
Aire of distribution: Tenerife.

Distribution

External bonds

Flora de Canarias: '' Echium wildpretii ''
perso Page on Tenerife: ''El Tajinaste Rojo''

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