Echium simplex
Echium simplex
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
- Flower nameEchium simplex
- Scientific nameEchium simplex
- AliasEchium simplex, Tower of jewels
- Place of originthe island of Tenerife
- Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens
- Flowering seasonFebruary, March, April
What is Echium simplex
Echium simplex or Tower of jewels (scientific name: Echium simplex) is a non-hardy biennial herb endemic to the island of Tenerife, in the family Boraginaceae, genus Echium. This is a white-flowered Echium candicans.
Common name: Echium simplex; scientific name: Echium simplex; origin: Tenerife; form: non-hardy perennial (biennial); herb height: 1-2 m; flowering season: February-April.
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
- GenusEchium
- SpeciesE. simplex
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerScorpion inflorescence
- Petal shapeFive-petal
- Leaf typekidney-shaped
- Edge of the leafEntire
- Life typeherbaceous biennial plant
- Flower colorsWhite
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height100.0 ~ 300.0 cm
- Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm
