Two-lipped Flowers

Plantains & Allies - Plantaginaceae

Nanorrhinum heterophyllum

Native to the Canary Islands and the sub-desert zones of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Frequent in barrancos and sandy places on Fuerteventura. A plant with a muddled taxonomy over the years, having been given quite a number of different names by different authors, including Kickxia sagittata.


Habit	Habit	Flower	Flower

Flower	Basal leaves	Basal leaves	Stem leaves

Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis

Introduced to the Canaries from the Mediterranean region and recorded on all the main islands, typically trailing from walls.


Habit	Habit	Flowers	Leaf

Mint Family - Lamiaceae

Egyptian Sage Salvia aegyptiaca

Native to the Canary Islands and throughout North Africa and the Middle East to India. Frequent in a wide range of habitats.


Habit	Flower	Flower	Basal leaves

Wild Clary Salvia verbenaca

Native to the Canary Islands and eastward through much of Europe and North Africa to the Middle East and Caucasus.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers

Flower	Leaf	Leaf

False Ground-pine Ajuga iva

Native to the Canary Islands and throughout the Mediterranean basin. Frequent in a wide range of habitats, but often small and easily missed. Flowers may be pink or yellow in the species as a whole, but Canaries plants are typically yellow.


Habit	Habit	Habit	Flower

Flower	Flower	Flower	Leaves

Broomrape Family - Orobanchaceae

Yellow Desert Broomrape Cistanche phelypaea

Native to the Canary Islands and throughout the Sahara region and southern Mediterranean basin. Uncommon but long-lived and persistent in favoured locations. A parasite on the roots of saltbushes, bearing no leaves or green parts and only appearing above ground level when the flower spikes emerge.