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Descurainia preauxiana from Soria, Canary Islands]

Photograph of Descurainia preauxiana on a dry exposed cliff face. The plant has thin stems with no flowers and woody branches at the base with linear-shaped green leaves.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified small shrub in Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Photograph of an unidentified small shrub growing on scrubby, rocky surface. The plant as a thick stalk with branches and needle-like green leaves. On the right is an unidentified tree. A mountain built from remanent lava beds is in the background.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #1]

Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #2]

Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Micromeria helianthemifolia in Arguineguin, Canary Islands #1]

Photograph of Micromeria helianthemifolia in Arguineguine, Canary Islands. A small shrubby plant growing in rocky crevices on a cliffside. Leaves are dense at the top and become sparse along the woody, slender, branched stem to the base. Red, green, and gray lichen grows on the rocks.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #3]

Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing in rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. These juvenile examples show two visible slender, unbranched stalks, reddish-green in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the base. They are dull-green colored with lobed margins. Small yellow flowers are at the top of the stem on the right.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing on rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. A mature example with woody stalks which are slender, unbranched, brown in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the top and sparse towards the base. The leaves are dull-green colored with lobed margins. A withered cluster of flowers can be seen at the top of one of the stems.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Micromeria helianthemifolia in Arguineguin, Canary Islands #2]

Photograph of Micromeria helianthemifolia in Arguineguine, Canary Islands. A single juvenile plant growing in a rocky crevice. Lanceote leaves are dense at the top and become sparse along the woody, slender, branched stalk to the base.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified plant with white flowers in Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Photograph of an unidentified plant with spikey stalk with four white flowers in a conical cluster at the top. Lanceolate dull-green leaves.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
System: The Portal to Texas History