ZYGOPHYLLUM FONTANESII Webb et Berth. – Salt-Plant

Syn.: Zygophyllum bollei W., Zygophyllum webbianum Coss.
Family: Zygophyllaceae R. Br.

Distribution: Endemic species of Macaronesia – the coastal zone of Madeira, the Canary Islands and southern Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauretania.
Habitat: Grows in sandy and rocky places and on cliffs of coastal areas – a halophilic plant.
Description: Low shrub, 10–60 cm high. The leaves are fleshy, succulent, cylindrical, green or yellow, the flowers are pink, tiny. Flowers from January to June. The fruit is a capsule.


Photos 1. 4. 2006 (Spain, the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Malpaís de Güimar).