Echium aculeatum Poir. is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Echium aculeatum Poir.

Echium aculeatum Poir.

Echium aculeatum is a branched white-flowered thorny shrub endemic to the Canary Islands.

Family
Genus
Echium
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Echium aculeatum Poir.

Echium aculeatum Poir. is a species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae family. This plant is endemic to the Canary Islands, specifically found on the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, and Tenerife. In Spanish, it goes by the common name ajinajo. It grows as a branched shrub, with thorny leaves and white flowers.

Photo: (c) Dieter Scriba, all rights reserved, uploaded by Dieter Scriba

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Echium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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