Mosquera común, lengua de pájaro (Globularia salicina)

Evergreen, highly branched shrub, which can occasionally grow up to 2 m tall. Leaves are linear-lanceolate or broader (lanceolate), entire, herbaceous and up to 8 cm long, occasionally with little hooks. Flowers are small, terminal, round, bluish or pale lilac, with whitish tones, clustered in rather dense inflorescences. This native to Macaronesia (Madeira and the Canary Islands) is widespread and essentially rupicolous, often appearing on rocky outcrops, hillsides and malpaíses or badlands. Distribution encompasses the islands of Madeira, Desertas, Porto Santo, El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria. It appears at heights between 50 and 1,000 m and is typical of thermophile areas and their transition zones of xeric soils, and evergreen and pine forests. The leaf morphology of this species is somewhat varied, especially when compared with specimens on the Desertas and Canary Islands.