Echium auberianum Webb & Berthel.

Ichium auberianum Webb & Berthelot
Branched from a semi-succulent, almost parsnip-like
taproot* Flowers light "blue. Growing in loose volcanic
cinders, with Spartocytlbus. Descurainia. Chrysanthemum.
A very restricted and distinctive endemic. At ca. 2,300
meters, Arenas Hegras, south of El Portillo, caldera of
El Teide*
SH ERWIN CARLQUIST No.
June 8, 1967
OTHER PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION WERE PREPARED AS:
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COLLECTED WITH THE AID OF A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND
DISTRIBUTED BY THE RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA.
FRESH SPECIMENS OF MOST OF THESE PLANTS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN COLOR AND
BLACK« AND-WHITE.
CANARY ISLANDS:
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