Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the Canary Islands, Spanish archipelago. It mainly grows in the subalpine zone of the ravines of Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife island. The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.
It is a herbaceous biennial plant that reaches between 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) in height, with an erect inflorescence that bears red flowers. The plant produces a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies. It blooms from late spring to early summer in Tenerife. It is a biennial, producing a dense rosette of leaves during the first year, flowers in the second year, and then dies. The red flowers are borne on an erect inflorescence, 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in). The plant blooms from late spring to early summer in Tenerife.

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