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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
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Limonium spectabile from Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Canary Islands. The plant grows among rocks and grasses in a clump with basal rosette of leaves with tints of red at the tips. Leaves are lanceolate with texture. Numerous small papery purple flowers are densley packed at the top of leafless stems.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Prenanthes pendula from Arguineguin, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Prenanthes pendula growing on rocky crevices in Arguineguin, Canary Islands. A mature example with woody stalks which are slender, unbranched, brown in color. The leaves alternate along the stem and are more dense at the top and sparse towards the base. The leaves are dull-green colored with lobed margins. A withered cluster of flowers can be seen at the top of one of the stems.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of Gran Canarla Island, Canary Islands] BRIT-A-AR003-001-02-094

Description: Landscape photograph of mountainside on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. Stratigraphic layers of light and dark colored basalt lava beds from past volcanic activity are visible, along with eroded sedimentary deposits in the foreground. Grasses, shrubs, and pine trees grow in the more eroded layers of the dry rocky mountainside.
Date: May 18, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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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
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of a mountain and village on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of a mountain village on Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. There are two goats grazing in the foreground. Behind them are concrete buildings and dwellings with and red-tile roofs and cultivated plots of land. A mountain made of remanent lava flows with characteristic erosion ravines along its face is in the background.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Landscape of montane scrub and remanent lava flows in Tamadaba Natural Park, Canary Islands]

Description: Landscape photograph of Tamadaba Natural Park from an elevated view on a mountain footpath. The foreground shows the footpath, surrounded by grasses and shrubby bushes with yellow flowers. In the background is a barren, dark-colored mountain built by remanent lava flows.
Date: May 13, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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