Echium gentianoides
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Echium gentianoides is a plant with tubular brilliant blue flowers. It is included in the genus Echium
. It is native only to the rocky slopes of La Caldera de Taburiente on the island of La Palma
and is very rare in the wild.
Echium
Echium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.The type species is Echium vulgare, viper's bugloss. Species of Echium are native to North Africa, Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands, but have also become invasive in southern Africa and Australia...
. It is native only to the rocky slopes of La Caldera de Taburiente on the island of La Palma
La Palma
La Palma is the most north-westerly of the Canary Islands. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands...
and is very rare in the wild.