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White vipers bugloss

Echium decaisnei

Description:

Most echium have a blue or purple color but this one has a beautiful white bloom. anyone know which hummingbird this one is?

Habitat:

This echium can be found within the Canary Islands Garden of the San Diego Botanic Garden. The picture was taken by Herb Knufkin.

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4 Comments

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 12 years ago

Beautiful picture. Not sure about the hummingbird, but my guess would be Selasphorus sasin.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Wow ,what a pretty hummingbird!

jprat001
jprat001 12 years ago

I think you are right, thank you Cindy!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

That looks like an Allen's Hummingbird

jprat001
Spotted by
jprat001

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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