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[Centaurea growing in the Canary Islands, #1]

Description: Photograph of a Centaurea growing in the Canary Islands, Spain. The thin leaves of the plant are bushy and there are a few light pink spherical blooms visible.
Date: June 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Ulex europaeus in Arguineguin, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Ulex europaeus (Grose) in Arguineguin, Grand Canaria Island. Shrubby, thinly leafed plant with small yellow flowers in rust-colored soil.
Date: May 12, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Schizogyne and date palm in the Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of large Schizogyne shrub in the foreground with one large palm tree behind it. A white building and numerous tan-colored tents are scattered across the background.
Date: May 12, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Micromeria helianthemifolia in Arguineguin, Canary Islands #1]

Description: 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
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium pininana growing in the Canary Islands, #1]

Description: Photograph of an Echium pininana growing among other plants in the Canary Islands, Spain. The plant is tall and slender, growing straight upwards with longer leaves at the base and very small blue flowers near the top.
Date: June 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Ixanthus viscosus on La Palma Island, #1]

Description: Close-up photograph of the flowers growing on an Ixanthus viscosus on La Palma Island in the Canary Islands. There are small, yellow-orange, star-shaped flowers growing on leafy branches.
Date: June 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Sonchus pinnatus growing on La Palma Island, #1]

Description: Photograph of a sonchus pinnatus with small, yellow flowers. The plant is growing out of a rocky area located in La Palma Island in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Date: June 14, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Bosea yervamora in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of a slender branch of Bosea yervamora with red fruit berries and oval-shaped, lanceolate, alternating green leaves from Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.
Date: May 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Schizogyne bush from Maspalomas, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Schizogyne bush with dense, silvery-gray foliage, which is covered in fine, silky hairs. The leaves are small, narrow, and lanceolate, giving the plant a feathery appearance. They are densely packed along the stems. Yellow flower blooms are composite, with a central cluster of florets.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Aeonium in Era del Cardon, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Aeonium with light-yellow clusters of flowers growing on a rocky cliffside in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.
Date: May 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels). Two examples grow on an open, rocky slope and volcanic soil of El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The plants have a striking, erect, stalk that is densely branched and covered with fuchsia-colored flowers that are tubular-shaped. The dense florets give a striking cylindrical shape to the stalk that taper towards the top. Leaves are arranged primarily at the base of the plant. The basal leaves are larger and lanceolate (… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Ophioglossum lusitanicum on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: 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.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Darkling beetle on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Close-up photograph of one Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) crawling on a gray-brown colored rock on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Salvia canariensis from Tafira Alta, Canary Islands #1]

Description: 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
Date: 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Limonium from Era del Cardon, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Limonium with folded green leaves and a single stalk with small purple colored flowers clustered at the top. The base, growing on dry, rocky soil, has clumps of older, withered leaf stems.
Date: May 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cytisus and Cheiranthus scoparius on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: 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.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Echium bourgeauanum close-up on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Close-up photograph of Echium bourgeauanum (Tajinaste or Tower of Jewels) from El Tiede on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands. The fuchsia-colored flowers are evenly distributed in a spiral pattern along the stalk. The flowers have a tubular-shaped corolla consisting of five petals that flare outwards from the tubular base. The stamens are visible and extend beyond the corolla. The anther is highlighted due to its contrasting color. The pistil also visible. Flower buds are small, oval-shaped, lig… more
Date: June 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Unidentified plant stalk with white flowers from Arguineguin, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified stalk of white withered flowers in a conical cluster at the top from Arguineguin, Grand Canaria Island. Lanceolate dull-green leaves. A pink-colored pave-stone pathway is visible in the background.
Date: May 12, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Sonchus leptocephalus in Tafira Alta, Canary Islands #1]

Description: Photograph of Sonchus leptocephalus stalk with yellow flowers and needle-like leaves from Tafira Alta, Canary Islands.
Date: May 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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