Re: Strange plant-- Help ID?

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• To: m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Strange plant-- Help ID?
• From: T* H* <t*@amgen.com>
• Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:17:26 -0700
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Mark Fryer wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I've been trying to remember the name of a plant that is quite fascinating
> and fits well with Medit-gardens, perhaps someone knows what I'm referring
> to?
> 
> The growth habit is very familiar to a Hawaiian Silversword (Agyroxiphium
> sandwicense), having an inflorescence that erupts from a central crown of
> yucca-like leaves. The floral spike is usually red, and quite large.

Echium wildprettii would be my candidate - I have one flowering
currently

> Supposedly the plants take between 3 and 5 years to mature to flowering
> size, and the total height of the plant and flower can exceed 10 feet.

It's a biennial normally, though damage to the apical meristem can
sometimes produce longer lived specimens, though they're not as
attractive as 'normal' plants. They produce seed a-plenty.

Tim

Thousand Oaks, CA

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