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Androcymbium psammophilium The Canary Islands have an amazing flora with the most endemic species anywhere in Europe. Over 500 plants throughout the islands
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Echium decaisnei ssp.purpuriense an endemic species and Melecta caroil at Mirador del Rio, Lanzarote
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Launaea arborescens. Sometimes called the chicken wire plant. This is a tough plant able to withstand extremely dry places often when nothing else can
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An interesting plant from the daisy family. It is another endemic plant on the Canary Islands Kleinia neriifolia, known in Spanish as verode or berode. These are tough plants in desert conditions. The smaller plant to the right is Euphorbia regis-jubae
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Extreme farming on Lanzarote the curved low walls are to protect grape vines from the wind
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Cuscuta approximata. Alfalfa dodder. Parasitic on Launaea arborescens the chicken wire plant
