Plant ID

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David M
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Plant ID

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Anyone good on plants?

This attractive bloom was popular with lots of butterflies in Tenerife recently. I'd never seen it before, and wonder if someone knows what it is:
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bugboy
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Re: Plant ID

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Not sure, but from what I can see the flowers do look rather Echium like.

Edit. quick google search came up with this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_leucophaeum
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Re: Plant ID

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That's the baby!! Many thanks, Paul. :)
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