[2] Its fragmented population is made up of fewer than 1000 mature plants limited to the coastlines of several of the islands.

It grows in association with other species tolerant to the sea breeze, mainly in the crevices of the coastal cliffs, but also in steep slopes with sandy deposits, always in heavily exposed habitats.

[4] It was first harvested by Watson, along the coast of Santa Cruz on the Azorean island of Flores, during his botanical expedition in 1843.

[6] Its ecology has been presented in an inconsistent manner; it has been referred to as adapting to cracks in the sea cliffs, or to deposits, and in abrupt and sandy slopes.

[6] At the same time, Azorina vidalii is not vulnerable to the rise in temperature and prefers the zones along the coast to propagate.