Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss.

Family: PLUMBAGINACEAE

Genus: Limoniastrum

Catalan common name: Ajocagripaus.

Spanish common name: Salado. Verdolaga seca.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Garden plants. Cultivated. Naturalizated in salty and stony soils near the coast.

Characteristics: This bush can reach up to a metre in height, branched and compact, with leaves elongated and rounded at the apex, the flowers are pink in colour and accumulate in a dense inflorescence at the top of the stem. In the Baleares it is a garden plant and also grown as a cover for motorway roadsides, although is some littoral areas it has naturalized; however it is autochthonous to the Mediterranean coast of the Iberican peninsula. Flowers during the summer.