Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tournefortia pubescens
lengua de ternera, white haired tournefortia
A shrub with large light green leaves. The white flowers grow in groups on curling spikes. The round fruit are a bright white.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Tournefortia
Species
pubescens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tournefortia opaca Andersson fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tournefortia pubescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=228. Accessed 31 October 2026.