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Species Name
Description
Alternanthera
echinocephala
Narrow pointed opposite
leaves. Flowers are
identifiable with their white
spiky tuft like apperance.
Alternanthera filifolia
A low compact shrub that is
often dome-shaped. It has a
dense mass of thin branches
that turn brown in color during
droughts. The leaves are
opposite, very narrow, and
very few. It has yellow petals.
Brachycereus
nesioticus
Fleshy perennial with 10-50cm
tall cylindrical stems arranged
in clusters. The leaves are
represented by spines, which
can be white, yellow or black
and 5cm long. Flowers are
white with yellow-white inner
parts.
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Castela galapageia
A spiny, shrub with many
branches growing up to 2m in
height. It has alternate elaves
that are small, dark green,
oval, and waxy. The plants
can either be male or female,
both producing red or yellow
flowers.
Chamaesyce
galapageia
Leaves are opposite, entire,
and oblong.
Cordia resoluta
Up to 4 m in height. Leaves
are alternate, blade shape and
waxy with edges curled under.
Flowers white, tubular,in small
clusters.
Croton scouleri
Classified as either a tree or a
shrub that grows up to 6m tall.
There are four varieties of this
organism. The bark is gray
and the leaves are gray green
and vary in size based on their
location. The tree bares frut
that are round and segmented
into threes. The flowers are
small and cream colored
Darwiniothamnus
tenuifolius
Thickly foliaged shrub growing
to 3m. The leaves are
alternate, narrow, pointed and
grow very close together.
Flowers in small clusters at
the branch tips are daisy like
with white petals and yellow
stamens.
Gossypium
barbadense var.
darwinii
An open shrub with heights
growing to 3-m. It has large
leaves, easily identified by its
bright yellow flower with a
purple center with oval seeds.
Gossypium darwinii
Shrub growing 1-3m tall. The
branches are covered with
black dots and various hairs.
Leaves are alternate, simple.
Blades usually have 3 to 5
lobes and are 15cm long and
20cm wide with entire
margins.
Ipomoea habeliana
Perrenial vine with 8m long
stems. The leaves are
alternate and simple with
blades 6-15cm long. The
leaves stand upright on the
stems and the margins are
entire. The flowers are white
and have a narrow funnelform,
which is 10-12cm long. The
fruit is a brown capsule, 2-2.5
cm in length.
Jasminocereus
thouarsii
A large candelabra-shaped
cactus that grows up to 7-8m
in height and found mainly in
arid areas. the arms are made
of flutted and spiny cylindrical
section that become woodier
with age. The spines can be
colored red, brown or yellow,
sometimes white.
Lantana
pedunculanis
Small shrub that grows to
heights to 2m. The branches
are four sided, the leaves are
pointed with serrated edges. It
has whtie flowers with yellow
centers with dome shaped
heads.
Leococarpus
pinnatifidus
Shrub growing 2 meters tall
with numerous branches and
a single stem at the base. The
leaves can be simple or
opposite and the blade is 3 -7
cm in length. The flowes are
disc shaped and are yellow.
Lycium minimum
Up to 3 m in height. leaves are
club shaped in groups up to
five.
Macraea laricifolia
Bushy shrub growing up to 2.5
m in height. It has narrow
leaves that are short with
edges down-turned and
clustered towards the ends of
the branches.
Miconia
robinsoniana
Miconia robinsoniana is a
shrub that can grow to be
about 5m high. When they are
congregated together, they
can form the ideal habitat for
the Galapagos Petrel. They
are found in Santa Cruz and
San Cristobal in large
numbers.
Mollugo flavescens
Low growing annual herb that
grows 40cm tall. Leaves are
typically in whorls, simple,
smooth, 5-20mm long, and
have entire margins. Flowers
are whitish with green veins
and are typically clustered in
groups of 3 and 8.
Nolana galapagensis
Grows 0.5-1.5m tall. The
leaves are simple, spatulate,
entire, and 5-35mm long. It
has cup like flowers.
Opuntia echios var.
bamingtonensis
No description.
Opuntia echios var.
gigantea
Of the Opuntia varieties, it is
the tallest. O. echios var.
gigantea grows up to 12m in
height. It is only found in
Santa Cruz and around Puerto
Ayora.
Opuntia galapageia
var. galapeia
Grows up to 4m tall.
Passiflora foetida var.
galapagensis
A vine covering many rocks
and shurbs. The leaves are
large and ivy-shaped. it has
tendrils that wrap around
branchges and stems. They
are identifiable by their white
flowers with a purple center.
Phoradendron
berteroanum
Waxy leaves. Little description
found.
Pisonia floribunda
Up to 10-15 mm in height.
Flowers are in small
incospicuous clusters.
Psidium galapageium
var. galapageium
It is an easily identifiable tree
growing to heights of 8-10 m
with smooth grey bark. the
brances are crooked and
covered in long hair-like
lichen, usually located in
higher up moist zones.
Scalesia baunti
hopkinsii
White flowers with serrate
leaves.
Scalesia helleri
Low shrub growing to 2.5m.
Found mainly on the cliffs and
near the shore. The leaves
are alternate or opposite and
while being generally oval in
shape to 10 cm long, are very
heavily divided, giving a fuzzy
appearance. Flower heads are
up 1.7cm across and are
made up of 30-100 individual
flowers.
Scalesia pedunculata
The trees can be up to 15m.
Dominant species of the
scalesia zone. The tree has a
dome of branches at the top.
When congregated, the trees
form a very dense canopy.
Leaves are alternate, elliptical
and have a slight fuzz. The
tree has white flowers that
form in bundles at the ends of
branches.
Scutia spicata var
pauciflora
Up to 2.5 m in height. Dark
green and spiny. has few
leaves that are elliptical and
about 1cm long. spines are
numerous and are up to 6 cm
long. Flowers are small and
green.
Senna pistaciifolia
Low shrub found along
roadsides.The leaves are
alternate and pinnate with
rounded tips.
Tillandsia insulans
No description.
Tournefortia
psilostachya
Vinelike perrenial shrub with a
woody base. Leaves are
alternate, sage green, broad
but pointed. Flowers are
brown and in scorpoid spikes.
Tournefortia
pubescens
Leaves alternate, elliptical and
pointed. Up to 4 m in height.
Tournefortia rufosericea
Up to 5 m in height. Reddishbrown bark, young branches
having reddish hairs. leaves
are alternate and have a
corrugated apperance. white
flowers in scorpoid sprays
Vallesia glabra
Shrub or small tree growing to
heights of 6m. The leaves are
alternate, long and pointed,
and drop down from the
branch. It has white flowers
with five petals in small
clusters.
Waltheria ovata
A small branched shrub with
twigs changing colors from
reddish-brown to dark grey
with age. The leaves are
ovate and have slightly
pointed tips with broad flat
bases. The edges of the
leaves are also serrated.