One of Echium Wildpretii’s common names is tower of jewels. The red flowers are borne on an erect inflorescence when it blooms. It is true to the name as tower of jewels. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.
野藍薊的其中一個俗名是寶石塔。當它盛開時，紅色花朵生在直立的花序上，實在不虛寶石塔之名。它得過皇家園藝學會的花園功績獎。它是加那利群島的特有物種 。
Photo Date: 2021.05.06 Location: The Huntington Library
Notes 筆記
- Echium wildpretii is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. It produces a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies. The red flowers are borne on an erect inflorescence, 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in–9 ft 10 in).
- The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, and is found mainly in Las Cañadas del Teide.
- The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss. The Spanish name for this plant is tajinaste rojo.
- The plant grows in the subalpine zone of the ravines of Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. It requires a lot of sun and is found in arid and dry conditions, but it tolerates frost down to −5 °C (23 °F).
- This plant can be found as a garden ornamental. As with most buglosses, it is favored by bee-keepers for its high nectar content.
- It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.
- 野藍薊是一種兩年生的草本植物，高度可達3公尺(10 英尺）。在第一年它會產生密集的玫瑰花葉，第二年會產生花，然後死亡。紅色花朵在直立的花序上開花，1–3 公尺（3英尺3英寸–9英尺10英寸）。
- 這物種是加那利群島的特有物種，主要發現於拉斯卡尼亞達斯·德爾泰德。
- 俗名包括了寶石塔，紅色牛舌草，特內里費島牛舌草或泰德峰牛舌草。 該植物的西班牙語名稱是tajinaste rojo。
- 這植物生長在西班牙加那利群島特內里費島上的一座火山泰德峰山溝的亞高山地帶。它需要大量的陽光，在乾旱和乾燥的地方都可以看到它們，但是它可以承受霜凍低至-5°C（23°F）。
- 它可以作為花園觀賞植物。像大多數牛舌草一樣，它的花蜜含量很高，因此受到養蜂人的青睞。
- 它得過皇家園藝學會的花園功績獎。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Echium wildpretii
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