Flowers of Tenerife

This page links to pictures of wild flowers and their locations taken on a holiday on Tenerife during May 2003.
You can chose a General Tour through the pictures by selecting Next on each frame or select specific ones from the list below. Click on the miniature pictures to view them full size.
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Playa de Benijo

This remote beach at the eastern end of the north coast is situated on a minor road which descends precipitously from the central spine of rugged hills to serve Taganana and several seaside villages.

Thumbnail 037224 Playa de Benijo
Astydamia latifolia
Periploca laevigata
Argyranthemum frutescens

El Bailadero

Taganana to north from start of TF123

Thumbnail 037231 Gonospermum fruticosum
El Bailadero
Andryala pinnatifida
Convolvulus canariensis
Aeonium cuneatum
Sonchus congestus

Anaga Laurel Forest

Thumbnail 031231 Hypericum grandifolium
Carduus clavulatus
Viola anagae
Ixanthus viscosus
Gesnouinia arborea

La Caldera, Aguamansa

Los Organos. Geranium canariense - With Ranunculus cortusifolius

Thumbnail 037204 Los Organos
Geranium canariense - With Ranunculus cortusifolius
Argyranthemum broussonetii
Ageratina adenophora
Echium virescens
Erica arborea
Cistus symphytifolius

La Esperanza

Corona Forestal

Thumbnail 037421 Corona Forestal
Adenocarpus foliolosus
Trifolium striatumt
Pericallis cruenta
Neotinea maculata
Eschscholzia californicar

El Portillo

Mount Teide from forest edge

Thumbnail 037221 El Portillo
Aeonium spathulatum
Sideritis oroteneriffae
Pinus canariensis
Descurainia bourgaeana

Llano de Ucanca

Mount Teide

Thumbnail 037501 Mount Teide
Echium wildpretii
Erysimum scoparium
Nepeta teydea
Adenocarpus viscosus
Echium wildpretii
Spartocytisus supranubius
Descurainia bourgaeana

Ladera de Guimar

Thumbnail 031916 Lavandula canariensis
Plocama pendula
Schizogyne sericea
Pericallis lanata

El Medano

Thumbnail 037614 El Medano
Lotus sessilifolius
Frankenia capitata

Thumbnail 032210 Aichryson laxum
Pericallis echinata
Justicia hyssopifolia

Punta de Fraile

West of Buenevista the cliffs of El Fraile tower above the minor road leading to Punta de Teno. Here a multitude of local species are found along the edge of the road.

Thumbnail 037415 Punta de Fraile
Echium leucophaeum
Cheirolophus buchardii
Vieraea laevigata
Sideritis syriaca
Allagopappus dichotomus
Monanthes silensis
Sonchus radicatust
Hypericum canariense
Convolvulus floridus
Jasminum odoratissimum
Aeonium pseudourbicum

Punta de Teno

The west end of the island terminates in a point. The small section of rocky ground beneath the towering cliffs has more endemic species amidst a stunning natural setting.

Thumbnail 037705 Punta de Teno, Tenerife
Euphorbia canariensis
Neochamaelea pulverulenta
Argyranthemum coronopfolium