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.

Photograph of Echium decaisnei in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands. A large shrub with evenly distributed lance-shape green leaves and minimal blooms of white flowers.

Photograph of Salvia canariensis (Canary Island sage) in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands. A shrubby bush with thick stems, dense with gray-green leaves, and taller stalks with flower clusters at the branch tips with violet-colored flowers that have calyces and bracts a redder rose-purple color

Photograph of Limonium redivivum on a rocky surface. The plant has oblong-shaped leaves at the base and more linear oval-shaped leaves along the flower stalk. The pink-colored flower buds and purple bloomed flowers grow in clusters at the top of the stalk.

Photograph of Limonium macrophyllum (Sea lavender), a shrubby plant with stems topped with clusters of small, papery, light-pink flowers. The leaves are a dull-green, single lobed, and growing from the base of the plant.

Photograph of Aeonium plant with short-stemmed rosettes of green, waxy leaves with reddish-pink edges and taller stalks with light-yellow colored flowers forming in clusters on top.

Photograph of Aeonium plant with short-stemmed rosettes of green, waxy leaves with reddish-pink edges and taller stalks with light-yellow colored flowers forming in clusters on top.

Photograph of Limonium macrophyllum (Sea lavender), a shrubby plant with stems topped with clusters of small, papery, light-pink flowers. The leaves are a dull-green, single lobed, and growing from the base of the plant. The plant is surrounded by rocky soil and scrubby low-lying plants. A dead wood from a tree trunk lies next to it.

Photograph of Aeonium with light-yellow clusters of flowers growing on a rocky cliffside in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.

Photograph of Aeonium plant with short-stemmed rosettes of green, waxy leaves with reddish-pink edges and taller stalks with light-yellow colored flowers forming in clusters on top.

Photograph of Aeonium with light-yellow clusters of flowers growing on a rocky cliffside in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.

Photograph of an unidentified plant with folded green leaves and a single stalk with small purple colored flowers clustered at the top. The base has clumps of older, withered leaf stems.

Photograph of Aeonium with light-yellow clusters of flowers growing on a rocky cliffside in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.

Photograph of Aeonium with light-yellow clusters of flowers growing on a rocky cliffside in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.

Landscape photograph of ocean, mountain, and a partial view of Pinus canariensis (Canary Island pine) in the foreground. The summit view shows clouds and the coastline Tenerife Island and the peak of Mount Teide across the ocean on the horizon.

Photograph of Pterocephalus dumetorum stems with some yellow flowers in bloom, one bud, and one withered example is shown.

Landscape photograph of Tamadaba Natural Park from an elevated view on a mountain footpath. The foreground shows the footpath, surrounded by grasses and shrubby bushes with yellow flowers. In the background is a barren, dark-colored mountain built by remanent lava flows.

Photograph of Pterocephalus dumetorum stems with some yellow flowers in bloom, one bud, and one withered example is shown.

Photograph of a street with buildings on either side on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. Two large rectangles of red, green, and yellow flower art decorations lay on top of the street for the flower festival. In the foreground, one man stands in the street with his back to the camera and two men stand on the sidewalk with their backs along the wall of a building. In the background, another man is walking down the sidewalk with his back to the camera.

Photograph of a small clump of Cytinus hypocistis (Yellow cytinus) growing in dry, rocky soil. The flowers are cream-colored and each have four petals with a protruding round center. There are not green parts or leaves to this plant.

Photograph of an unidentified aeonium plant hanging on the edge of a rocky outcrop in Tamadaba Natural Park, Canary Islands.

Photograph of an empty street with buildings on either side on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. Two large rectangles of red, green, and yellow flower art decorations lay on top of the street for the flower festival.

Photograph of a group of people decorating the street with flowers, spread out on the road, in large rectangular patches for the flower festival. Two children walk closely along side each other with their backs to the camera. The street is flanked by light-pink and light-blue colored buildings on either side. The red and yellow national flag of Spain hangs from a balcony.

Landscape photograph of a rocky hillside covered with shrubby clumps of blooming Cytisus with yellow-colored flowers and Cheiranthus scoparius with light-purple colored flowers. A line of unidentified trees are visible in the background.