Echium stenosiphon

Echium stenosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Echium
Species:	E. stenosiphon
Binomial name
Echium stenosiphon Webb, 1849

Echium stenosiphon is a species of flowers that belong to the Boraginaceae family. The species are endemic in Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name means the narrow siphon.

Together with Echium vulcanorum and Echium hypertropicum, its local name is lingua de vaca (cowtongue or cow-tongue) because of the texture of the leaves. The plant are used for medicinal and dietary purposes for a cough syrup.

Echium stenosiphon are founded in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente (especially Monte Verde). It is mainly occurring in the subhumid and humid zones, but it has also been reported from the arid zone on São Vicente.

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Echium stenosiphon was featured on a Cape Verdean $10 escudo coin in 1994.

Echium stenosiphon can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.

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