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Canarian flora

The Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario botanic garden on Gran Canaria specialises in the native endemic flora of the Canary (and other Macaronesian) Islands. This gallery shows some of these species, photographed in as naturalistic a setting as possible.
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Aeonium hierrense, El Hierro Houseleek, a species endemic to El Hierro in the Canary Islands, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Aeonium hierrense
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Aeonium hierrense
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Aeonium valverdense, Valverde Houseleek, a species endemic to the Valverde region of El Hierro in the Canary Islands, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Aeonium valverdense
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Aeonium valverdense
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Argyranthemum frutescens, "Paris Daisy", a widespread species in the Canary Islands, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Argyranthemum fru...
Date: March 31, 2010
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Argyranthemum maderense, Lanzarote Golden Daisy, a species endemic to the Famara region of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands (not found in Madeira despite its scientific name), in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
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Date: March 31, 2010
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Argyranthemum pinnatifidum, Mandon's Chrysanthemum, a species endemic to Madeira, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Argyranthemum pin...
Date: March 31, 2010
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Cheirolophus burchardii, a species of knapweed endemic to one cliff area on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Cheirolophus burc...
Date: March 31, 2010
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Convolvulus floridus, Canary Tree Bindweed, an unusual shrubby bindweed growing to 4m tall, common on all the Canary Islands, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Convolvulus floridus
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Convolvulus flori...
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Dracaena draco, a fine Dragon Tree, found wild on several Canary Islands, the Cape Verde islands and Madeira, in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Dracaena draco01
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Dracaena draco01
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Dracaena tamaranae, a Gran Canaria Dragon Tree, endemic to -- and highly endangered in the wild on -- Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, growing in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Dracaena tamaranae
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Dracaena tamaranae
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Echium brevirame, the La Palma White Bugloss, a species endemic to La Palma in the Canary Islands, growing in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Echium brevirame
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Echium brevirame
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Echium callithrysum, a species of bugloss endemic to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, growing in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Echium callithrysum1
Date: March 31, 2010
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Echium callithrysum, a species of bugloss endemic to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, growing in Viera y Clavijo Jardin Canario, the superb botanic garden on Gran Canaria.
Title: Echium callithrysum2
Date: March 31, 2010
Filename: Echium callithrysum2
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