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Accession Data:

Echium strictum L.f.

  • sect. Pachylepis

  • Common Name: Pride of Madeira
  • Family: Boraginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Madiera (endemic)
  • Habitat: evergreen perennial

  • Description: Leaves can be a skin irritant.
  • USDA Zone: 8-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100174
  • Source: T&M Seeds 3/19/2010
  • Accession Date: 03-16-2011
  • Bench: 2105 - MED:Canary Islands
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-23-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Boraginales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • SubFamily: Boraginoideae
  • Tribe: Lithospermeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
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References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madeira

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, December 15, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:21:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
Tribe Boragineae

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
Tribe Eritrichieae

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Subfamily Boraginoideae
Tribe Lithospermeae

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Subfamily Cordioideae

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Subfamily Heliotropioideae

  • Heliotropium arborescens Alba
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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