Malpica cabezote (Carlina salicifolia)

Woody shrub, highly branched, up to 1 m. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, narrow, with spiny margins, light or dark green on the top and whitish underneath. Flowers are terminal, yellow, with 1-3 heads per branch, from 2-3.5 cm in diameter. Native to Madeira and the Canary Islands, it is found on all the islands of Madeira, the Desertas and Porto Santo, and throughout the Canaries, except for La Palma and the eastern islets. This is a highly rupicolous species, except in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where the variety or subspecies C. lancerottensis is exclusive and distributed locally. It grows from 200-1,600 m over a wide range of vegetation types.