Echium leucophaeum

← Back to the app
Echium leucophaeum, a reference photo
Photo: Beneharo Hernández · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Echium leucophaeum is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is restricted to the island of Tenerife. Its name in Spanish is taginaste de Anaga. The specific name leucophaeum is from Greek and means "greyish white".

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Echium leucophaeum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Echium
Species
Echium leucophaeum

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species