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The genus Musschia is endemic to the archipelago of Madeira and is composed of three main species: M. aurea, M. isambertoi and M. wollastonii. M. wollastonii is generally robust and unbranched and can grow up to 2 m. A more or less erect ...
A perennial of the family Crassulaceae, slightly woody, small, up to 15-20 cm. It has a glabrous succulent stem like other species of the genus Sedum found in Madeira, numerous branches of leaves subovate to subcylindrical, rather ...
Shrub, up to 6 m tall, woody, highly branched, with many leaves. Leaves are lanceolate, 2.5-7 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, margins dentate-serrate, dark green and slightly rough to the touch. Flowers are bell-shaped, axillary in small ...
Perennial herb, slightly woody at base, sticky and scrambling. Leaves are obovate-spathulate, blunt or acuminate and rather fleshy. Flowers are borne singly at the tip of the stems; the heads and ligules are yellow like other annual ...
Shrublet, less than 1 m tall, similar to the nominate species, although the leaves are smaller and shaped differently; leaves ovate or ovate-round, 2.5-4.5 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide. Inflorescence dense, more pubescent, tighter and ...
Chamaemeles coriacea is a monotype and a native of the archipelago of Madeira. This evergreen shrub is highly branched and up to 4 m tall; branches are reddish-chestnut. The leaves are small, obovate-spathulate, leathery (coriaceous) and ...
Perennial herb, rather woody at base and highly branched. Leaves are composite, with 5 or 6 pairs of leaflets, elliptic-oblong, 5-20 cm long and 1-6 cm wide, rather greyish-green. Inflorescences are dense and composed of 5-20 cream or ...
Small perennial (0.8-1.5 m), glabrous, with white latex. The leaves are arranged in terminal rosettes and are simple, oblong-crenate, glossy green and somewhat dentate. Flowers are very striking and grouped in terminal racemes; they can ...
Highly branched shrub or small tree, up to 10 m. Its branches have milky latex, like other species of the genus Euphorbia. Leaves are entire, alternate and oblanceolate, between 15 cm long and 4 cm wide. Flowers are numerous, ...
Dioecious (unisexual male and female flowers on separate plants), up to 13 m. Leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate, light and dark green when young and mature, respectively, pointed, aromatic and up to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide. ...
Erect, up to 1 m, rather branched and densely hairy. Leaves are pinnate, segments ovate and serrate, rather pubescent beneath. Flowers in terminal umbels, with white petals. A rare plant, typical of more or less damp rocky zones ...
This small sparrow (13 cm), endemic to Cape Verde and very common in practically all the islands and islets (but very rare in Fogo), is related to other sparrows living at a considerable distance in continental Africa. Male and female ...
