| Helianthemum canariense | |
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| In habitat at Punta Roja, Tenerife | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Helianthemum |
| Species: | H. canariense |
| Binomial name | |
| Helianthemum canariense (Jacq.) Pers. [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Helianthemum canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, native to Western Sahara, Morocco and the Canary Islands. [1]
Helianthemum canariense is a short, densely branched shrub up to 25 cm (10 in) tall. Its oval leaves are greyish in appearance due to a dense covering of short hairs, and are 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long. The pale yellow flowers are about 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) across. [2]
The species was first described by Nikolaus von Jacquin in 1781 or 1782, as Cistus canariensis, and transferred to Helianthemum in 1806 by Christiaan Persoon. [3]
Helianthemum canariense is native to the Canary Islands, Western Sahara and Morocco. [1] In the Canary Islands, it is found on all islands in dry areas, up to altitudes of 600 m (2,000 ft). [2]
Limonium is a genus of 120 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family. The generic name is from the Latin līmōnion, used by Pliny for a wild plant and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek leimon.
Aeonium, the tree houseleeks, is a genus of about 35 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Crassulaceae. Many species are popular in horticulture. The genus name comes from the ancient Greek "αιώνιος"/"aionios" (ageless). While most of them are native to the Canary Islands, some are found in Madeira, Morocco, and in East Africa.
Catananche caerulea, Cupid's dart, is a greyish green perennial herbaceous plant with a basal leaf rosette and conspicuous blue-purple or sometimes white flowerheads, belonging to the daisy family. It is a popular garden plant and is often used in dried flower arrangements.
Cedronella is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Mentheae of the family Lamiaceae, comprising a single species, Cedronella canariensis, native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. It is also naturalized in various places. Common names include Canary Islands-balm, Canary balm, and Balm-of-Gilead.
Pancratium illyricum is a species of bulbous plant native to Corsica, Sardinia and the Capraia Islands of Tuscany.
Pancratium canariense or the Canary Sea Daffodil is a species of bulbous plant endemic to the Canary Islands. It grows on north facing slopes in good light, not exposed to hot burning sun and not baking drought. It grows in fertile soil between rocks and shrubs. It flowers in the early autumn. The name canariense mean "from the Canary Islands".
Hypericum canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae known by the common name Canary Islands St. John's wort. It is the sole member of Hypericumsect. Webbia.
Euphorbia balsamifera is a flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is distributed from Arabian Peninsula to Sahara and Canary Islands. It is the vegetable symbol of the island of Lanzarote.
Aeonium canariense is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. It is endemic to the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where it grows on dry slopes and cliffs in the north of the island from sea level to about 1300m. It forms large rosettes of leaves close to the ground but the spikes of yellow flowers stand up to 70 cm tall.
Gennaria diphylla is a species of flowering plant from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the region from the western Mediterranean and Macaronesia. Gennaria diphylla was illustrated in plate 3164 of Curtis' Botanical Magazine, 1832.
Geranium reuteri, the giant geranium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. It was known for many years under the name Geranium canariense. In Spanish, it is called pata de gallo.
Tuberaria lignosa is a species of perennial rock-rose native to the western Mediterranean region.
Euphorbia aphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the Canary Islands. It was first described in 1809.
Euphorbia lamarckii is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the western Canary Islands. It resembles Euphorbia regis-jubae, with which it has been confused. Both have been called Euphorbia obtusifolia.
The scientific name Euphorbia obtusifolia has been used for at least three species of Euphorbia:
Euphorbia regis-jubae is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to the eastern Canary Islands, western Morocco, north-western Western Sahara. In Spanish, it is known as tabaiba morisca. It has often been confused with Euphorbia lamarckii.
Heliotropium crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to western Africa, Egypt, Sudan, south-western Asia, and Pakistan. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines.
Retama raetam is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to northern Africa from the Western Sahara to Sudan, Sicily, the Sinai Peninsula, Palestine and Saudi Arabia, and widely naturalized elsewhere.
Lotus glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Madeira and the Salvage Islands. It is a perennial herbaceous plant with leaves made up of five leaflets. Its flowers are usually orange on opening. Lotus tenellus is included in a more broadly circumscribed L. glaucus by some authors, which extends its distribution to the Canary Islands.
Salix pedicellata is a species of willow. It is a shrub or small tree to about 6–8 m tall, native around the Mediterranean Sea from Portugal to Lebanon and Syria in the north and from the Canary Islands to Tunisia in the south. Salix canariensis may be treated as a subspecies of S. pedicellata.