Taxon

Echium candicans

 
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Echium candicans - pride of Madeira
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Common name: pride of Madeira
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Distribution: Madeira
Habitat: Forest, Rocky areas, Shrubland
IUCN Red list: Data deficient
Hardiness: (H1c) Heated glasshouse-warm temperate 5 to 10°C (USDA 11)
Life form: Biennial/short-lived plant • Eilflwydd/planhigyn byr-fyw
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Echium (EK-ee-um): From Greek echis (viper), the nutlets resemble a viper's head.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: candicans (KAN-dee-kans): White.
Dyfarniadau / Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Description: A bushy perennial sub-shrub with grey-hairy lance-shaped leaves and dense terminal spike-like panicles of white, pale or deep blue flowers in spring and summer.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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