Echium ‘Pride Of Madeira’ (Echium Candicans) With Blue Flowers : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla). Pride Of Madeira (Echium Candicans), Is A Species Of Flowering Plant In The Family Boraginaceae, Which Is Native To The Island Of Madeira. It Is A Large Herbaceous Perennial Subshrub. In The First Year After Germination, The Plant Produces A Broad Rosette Of Leaves. In The Second And Subsequent Years, More Or Less Woody Flowering Stalks Are Produced Clothed In Rough Leaves. Many Flowers And Bracts Are In A Dense, Narrow, Elongated Inflorescence. The Hermaphrodite, Sessile Flowers Are Colored Blue Or Purple, And Would Appear From Spring To Summer. The Corolla Is Blue To Violet, Often With A White Stripe On Each Apex.

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