Echium pininana
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Echium pininana (giant adder 's head), Span. Pininana , is an herbaceous plant up to four meters high and one of the largest Echium species. It was originally endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma .
features
The plant forms a single, unbranched trunk, up to 75 cm high, on which the leaf rosette sits. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate and up to 50 cm long and 6–10 cm wide. The inflorescence is up to 4 m high and is leafed through. The flowers are up to 13 mm long. They are usually blue to blue-violet, more rarely white with blue veins.
Occurrence and distribution
The giant adder head was originally endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma . It grows there in the laurel forests in the northeast of the island in only a few locations at about 600 m above sea level, e.g. B. Cubo de la Galga, Barranco des Los Tilos and Monte de Barlovento. It's rare there. The plant is now also widely used as an ornamental plant. In regions with mild winter conditions, the plant can even survive the winter with moisture protection. In southern England e.g. B. the plant can be found in many places. Temperatures down to -4 ° shouldn't bother her, but overwintering in a light, frost-free greenhouse is safer.
The species prefers partially shaded, relatively dry locations on permeable soil in the laurel forest. However, the soil must never dry out completely. The species takes up to four years to develop the inflorescence. After flowering, the plant slowly dies and forms plenty of seeds (usually several hundred).
Hazards and protective measures
Although the population of this species is decreasing, no concrete hazardous situations are known. This species is classified as particularly worthy of protection in Spain and occurs in various protected areas.
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Echium pininana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Santos Guerra, A. & Reyes Betancort, JA, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
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- David Bramwell and Zoe I. Bramwell: Flores Silvestres de las Islas Canarias. 376 pp., Edicion Rueda, Madrid. 1994 ISBN 84-7207-062-X
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 15th edition, corrected reprint of the 14th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8001-5072-7 .
- Peter Schönfelder and Ingrid Schönfelder: The Kosmos-Canary Islands flora. 319 pp., Franckh-Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart ISBN 978-3-440-10750-8
