Description
It is a herbaceous biennial plant and grows up to 2 m in height and requires plenty of sun and lives in dry conditions.
Roses in several dense and cylindrical inflorescences, mainly in bifid lateral tops, the difference with the Echium webbii of the island of La Palma that has simple lateral tops.
It has dense foliage with green-grey leaves. These are thick and persistent, lanceolate, at the base, and smaller throughout the inflorescence, with hairs on both faces.
It has pale or pink flowers from the end of winter to the beginning of spring. The flowers have welded sepals at the base.
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