[Echium auberianum growing on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands]

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Photograph of Echium auberianum growing on a dry, rocky, steep slope of volcanic soils in the area surrounding El Teide on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plant has an erect stem with dull-green lanceolate and linear-shaped leaves with a rough texture due to the presence of fine hairs. Vibrant blue-violet-colored flowers grow from alternating stalks along the stem. Pink-colored buds, yet to fully bloom are adjacent to flowers that are tubular shaped with a funnel-shaped corolla with five lobes, with visible filament and anthers. In one of the lower flowers on the left, a bee is gathering nectar. In the … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 4 x 4 cm.

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Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021 June 1967.

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Photograph of Echium auberianum growing on a dry, rocky, steep slope of volcanic soils in the area surrounding El Teide on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plant has an erect stem with dull-green lanceolate and linear-shaped leaves with a rough texture due to the presence of fine hairs. Vibrant blue-violet-colored flowers grow from alternating stalks along the stem. Pink-colored buds, yet to fully bloom are adjacent to flowers that are tubular shaped with a funnel-shaped corolla with five lobes, with visible filament and anthers. In one of the lower flowers on the left, a bee is gathering nectar. In the background, an adjacent stem from the same plant is visible, densely pack with buds yet to bloom.

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"C: Ten: El Teide
Spartocytisus - 2689
2695 - Echium auberianum"

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  • Accession or Local Control No: BRIT-A-AR003-001-02-152
  • Other: Sherwin Carlquist collector number 2695
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1646149

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  • Preferred Citation: Sherwin J. Carlquist Collection, Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library, Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

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Sherwin J. Carlquist Collection

This collection consists of slides, photographs, negatives, and field notebooks created by Sherwin J. Carlquist, a mid-20th century American botanist and photographer, to document his field expeditions, observations, and specimen collections covering over 20 countries and five decades.

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References : California Botanic Garden: specimen RSA0449207, https://cch2.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5564168&clid=0

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  • Feb. 11, 2024, 2:46 p.m.

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Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021. [Echium auberianum growing on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands], photograph, June 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1646149/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Botanical Research Institute of Texas.

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