Echium candicans

Pride of Madeira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species:
E. candicans
Binomial name
Echium candicans
L.f., 1782
Synonyms[2]
  • Argyrexias candicans Raf. (1838)
  • Echium brachyanthum Hornem. (1813)
  • Echium candicans var. noronhae Menezes (1914)
  • Echium cynoglossoides Desf. (1815)
  • Echium densiflorum DC. (1813)
  • Echium macrophyllum Lehm. (1818)
  • Echium maderense Steud. (1840)
  • Echium marianum Boiss. (1849)
  • Echium pallidum Salisb. (1796)
  • Echium pavonianum Boiss. (1849)
  • Echium truncatum R.H.Pearson (1912)

Echium candicans, the 'Pride of Madeira', is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, and genus Echium, native to the island of Madeira. It is a large herbaceous perennial subshrub, growing to 1.5–2.5 m (4 ft 11 in – 8 ft 2 in).[3]

In the first year after germination, the plant produces a broad rosette of leaves. In the second and subsequent years, more or less woody flowering stalks are produced clothed in rough leaves. The Latin specific epithet candicans means "shining white", referring to one colour form of this species.[4]

  1. ^ Carvalho, J.A. (2017) [errata version of 2011 assessment]. "Echium candicans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T162036A115869493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T162036A5538047.en.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.