Pipe (Sonchus congestus)

Shrub up to 2-2.5 m tall, woody and branched. Leaves are lanceolate, pinnatifid, with serrated margins, more or less dark green and up to 30 cm long. The inflorescence is terminal, with heads about 2-2.5 in diameter, of deep yellow flowers. Endemic to the Canaries and found on the two central islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria), between 100-1,000 m, and most common in evergreen forests and thermophile vegetation. A rupicolous plant characteristic of rocky hillsides, stone hedges and the rooftops of old houses, abundant in many zones, particularly on the north-facing flank.