Matorrisco tinerfeño (Lavandula buchii)

Small highly branched shrub, woody at base, which can reach 1 m, branches greyish-green towards the tip. Leaves are greyish-green or glaucous, pinnate, with broad flat lobes. Inflorescences of bluish flowers, located at the tip of long erect stems. This native of Tenerife grows in the old massifs of Anaga and Teno, from the xerophytic zone to thermophile habitats, where it can be locally abundant.