Centaurium quadrifolium (L.) López & Jarvis subsp. barrelieri (Duf.) López

Spice

Family: GENTIANACEAE

Genus: Centaurium

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte. Terophyte.

Habitats: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine woodlands.

Characteristics: This species of Centaurium can only be found in the region of Artà (but it is not endemic). It can be distinguished from the rest of the species of this genus due to its large flowers and long, narrow, almost linear, leaves. The flowers are grouped in a false umbel.