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Fogo | Echium vulcanorum and Pico do Fogo

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View from the Bordeira down to the caldera with Pico do Fogo (2829 m). The shrub in the foreground is Echium vulcanorum, endemic to the mountains of Fogo. Other Echium species are found in the higher parts of some other islands of Cape Verde and Macaronesia, such as Echium wildpretii (Tenerife) and Echium candicans (Madeira).