Paronychia echinulata Chater
Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus: Paronychia
Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. València.
Distribution in the islands: Menorca.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitats: Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytic silicicolous fields.
Characteristics: A small herb lying on the ground, with oval leaves that are often reddish. The flowers are small and not eye-catching at all, easily going unnoticed. It lives in siliceous soils in the tramuntana of Menorca in moors and neglected fileds.