About 612 species of Vascular plants are wll-know (braken and flowered plants). These plants grow in a spontaneous manner in this island. The majoriry of these plants belong to aboriginal. Among those 93 are endemic, out of 20 are considered exclusive from Lanzarote and 24 are shared with Fuerteventura.

In spite of Lanzarote endemic plant life is not enough comparing with the entirety of the canary archipelago, where there are 650 endemic species in about 7.200 sq kilometres, the result is very rich and varied whwn comparing with any European country. About 100 endemic species exist in France with 560.000 sq kilometres extension. About 16 species exist in Great Britain with 250.000 sq kilometres extension. With all of these data, the flora importance of the island is well clear.

The most important areas are located in the cliff of Famara, Los Ajaches, Malpaís of la Corona, organic sand baches (north beaches, white sands beaches, areas of Papagayo, etc.), and the vegetal settlement process and floor formation that are taking places in the area of Timanfaya.