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: LCLeast 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.