Synonym: Andryala canariensis Lowe
The plants of mobile coastal dunes of Agadir can be related to the subsp. jahandiezii (Maire) Greuter (=A. jahandiezii Maire - = A. canariensis subsp. jahandiezii (Maire) Maire) [anthodii phylla lanceolato-linearia, plana, extus dense albo-tomentosa et versus apicem interdum pilis glandulosis nigricantibus parcissimis praedita, intus glabra], or the subsp. maroccana (Maire) Greuter (= A. canariensis subsp. maroccana Maire) [Endemic of Morocco ] [rami inflorescentiae saepius pilis nigricantibus glandulosis tomentum valde superantibus praeditis].