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What is this shrub that's low to the ground and looks flat, green, and nettle-like? It seems to thrive on lava fields and develops lignified stems.

It can be found around 28.266°,-16.588° in Teide National Park on Tenerife of the Canaries.

image of the plant described above (Click to see full-screen image for details.)

Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL
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This is a Canary mountain figwort (Scrophularia glabrata).

Wikimedia has some photos for comparison, but I found a very nice one here:

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Compare the leaves and seed heads to those in your photo.

According to the Tenerife Tourism Corporation it's one if the top ten plants in the Teide National Park.

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  • Great, this seems to be it, thanks! But like [the related question](http://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/29827/), it looks quite diverse on different pictures and, also like *Erysimum scoparium*, there’s not too much information on *S. glabrata*. – dakab Dec 16 '16 at 09:04