The common names are tower of jewels, red bugloss, Tenerife bugloss or Mount Teide bugloss.
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The species is endemic to the island of Tenerife, and is found mainly in Las Cañadas del Teide.
In 1910 Zuntz participated in a scientific expedition to Pico de Teide in the Canary Islands with Schrötter and physiologists Arnold Durig (1872-1961) and Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947).
This province contains three of Spain's national parks, more than any other province: the Caldera de Taburiente National Park on La Palma, the Garajonay National Park on La Gomera, and the Teide National Park on Tenerife, encompassing Teide, Spain's highest mountain and also an inactive volcano.