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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.
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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:
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.
