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The locally called Godiera da Madeira (Goodyera macrophylla Lowe) is very rare and difficult to find.

Its habitat includes shadowed and wet areas from the Laurel Forest. This plant conservation state is not so good as it can only be found in a restrict area of the indigenous forest.

This orchid's inflorescence is white and comes up from September to October.

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Geranium palmatum Cav. is another endemic specie from Madeira. It is very common in the Laurel Forest, where there is no cattle.

When its rose flowers bloom, from March to September, they contrast from the intense green of the Laurel Forest low vegetation.

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Geranium maderense P.F. Yeo is an endemic Geranium from Madeira Island with a stout stem and velvety magenta pink flowers. It occurs in wet areas with low altitude and in the lower areas of the Laurel Forest.

It is very common to see this plant, nowadays, cultivated in private gardens. The blooming happens from March to September.

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The locally called Ensaião da Madeira (Aichryson divaricatum (Ait.) Praeg.) is an endemism from Madeira Archipelago.

It occurs mostly in the Laurel Forest where it lives rooted to the rocks' cracks, in humid places with median sun exposition.

This houseleek blooms from June to August and have been found recently in Desertas Islands.

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Musschia aurea Dumort is a perennial plant, typical and indigenous from the basal flora of Madeira Archipelago, is very well adapted to the extreme dryness and to the torrid summer high temperatures, characteristic from its habitat.

The roots of Golden Musschia are strongly developed so they can be able to penetrate the basaltic cracks to assure the plant stability and to afford the essential resources for its metabolism. Its yellow-golden flowers bloom in August and September.

This plant occurs in Madeira and Desertas Islands. The genus Musschia is endemic from Madeira Archipelago.

 
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