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[Sonchus platylepis growing on rocky cliff]

Description: Habit photograph of common sow thistle, scientific name Sonchus platylepis, growing on the side of a rocky cliff. The plant is pictured in the foreground, and its flowers are yellow and its leaves serrated. Behind the plant to the right, there is a noticeable absence of light.
Date: May 8, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of Tamadaba Natural Park, Canary Islands]

Description: 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.
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 #2]

Description: Photograph of Limonium macrophyllum (Sea lavender), a shrubby plant with stems topped with clusters of small, papery, light-pink flowers. The leaves are a dull-green, single lobed, and growing from the base of the plant. The plant is surrounded by rocky soil and scrubby low-lying plants. A dead wood from a tree trunk lies next to it.
Date: May 16, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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