Photograph of Limonium macrophylllum (common name: sea lavender) growing along some rocks. The flower blossoms are lavender, and the stems are reddish-brown.

Photograph of Velleia paradoxa (common name: spur velleia) being held by someone out of frame. A yellow flower is seen in the foreground, and there appears to be a plastic bag in the background.

Close-up photograph of sea lavender flowers, scientific name Limonium macrophyllum, growing at the Jardín Canario de Viera y Clavijo, or the botanic garden located on Gran Canaria - one of the Canary Islands.

Photograph of four unidentified seedlings, lined up on brown soil, showing the embryonic roots, stems, and leaves.

Photograph of an small, unidentified fern with green and purplish fronds growing on volcanic rock in Tamadaba Natural Park in the Canary Islands.

Photograph of an small, unidentified fern with green and purplish fronds growing on volcanic rock in Tamadaba Natural Park in the Canary Islands.

Photograph of Lethariella canariensis, a type of lichen, growing in clumps on volcanic rock in Valleseco, Canary Islands.

Photograph of a mountain village on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. There are two goats grazing in the foreground. Behind them are concrete buildings and dwellings with and red-tile roofs and cultivated plots of land. A mountain made of remanent lava flows with characteristic erosion ravines along its face is in the background.

Photograph of a herd of long-haired sheep, facing the camera, walk on an asphalt road, flanked on one side by trees and the other by a grassy hillside.

Photograph of dry, rocky hillside with shrubby clumps of Cheiranthus scoparius with light purple colored flowers. A pine tree is in partial view in the top left corner and other unidentified plants with long stalks with yellow flower at the top.

Photograph of a group of Ophioglossum lusitanicum (Least adder's tongue) small ferns showing their characteristic two ellipse-shaped leaves and single stalk with frond-like tops.

Photograph of a group of Ophioglossum lusitanicum (Least adder's tongue) small ferns showing their characteristic two ellipse-shaped leaves and single stalk with frond-like tops.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Close-up photograph of one Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) crawling on a gray-brown colored rock on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands.