Its flora is adapted to drought, wind, salinity and volcanic soils, with tabaibal scrub communities, lichens and crops grown on picón (volcanic lapilli).
Lava, wind and white architecture: an island that turned the volcano into a visual language and way of life. Vegetation makes humidity, wind, salinity, altitude and volcanic soils legible.
Among its main reference points are Timanfaya and eruptions, Art and landscape, Adaptive agriculture, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Flora also preserves traces of traditional uses, cultivation and environmental change.
Key points
Arid tabaibal and cardonal scrub
The most widespread vegetation on Lanzarote is the sweet tabaiba scrub and the cardón spurge, adapted to extreme aridity and the Saharan wind that sweeps the island.
Vegetation of the jable
The plant communities of the jable (wind-blown sand fields) include halophytes and psammophytes specialised in sandy soils with high salinity and sparse plant cover.
The flora of Famara and its cliffs
The Famara cliffs, wetter thanks to the influence of the trade winds, preserve plant communities with endemic species specific to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
Crops on picón and agricultural resilience
The black picón of La Geria allows vines to survive thanks to its ability to retain night-time moisture, an agricultural solution adapted to the desert climate.
Species of Lanzarote
Canary Island date palm
Phoenix canariensis
An endemic palm of the archipelago and one of the islands’ most characteristic plant silhouettes.
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Aeonium balsamiferum
Aeonium balsamiferum
Endemic crassula with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Andryala perezii
Andryala perezii
Endemic composite plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Asparagus arborescens
Asparagus arborescens
Endemic Asparagaceae plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Asteriscus intermedius
Asteriscus intermedius
Endemic composite plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Asteriscus sericeus
Asteriscus sericeus
Endemic composite plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Avena canariensis
Avena canariensis
Endemic grass with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Bryonia verrucosa
Bryonia verrucosa
Endemic climber with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Bupleurum handiense
Bupleurum handiense
Endemic umbellifer with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Calendula sventenii
Calendula sventenii
Endemic composite plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Campylanthus salsoloides
Campylanthus salsoloides
Endemic plantain-family plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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Carduus clavulatus
Carduus clavulatus
Endemic composite plant with a verified BIOTA record and Endémicas Canarias profile.
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