Cymbalaria aequitriloba (Viv.) A. Chev. subsp. aequitriloba

Spice Flor-leaves In the field

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Cymbalaria

Sinònims: Cymbalaria aequitriloba (Viv.) A. Cheval.

Catalan common name: Barba d'ermità. Picardia.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearico - tirrenic)

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Small shady banks or slopes. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: This is a small plant which lives in cracks in rocks or in small earthy hills, it lives with endemisms such as Erodium reichardii and Sibthorpia africana generating communities which look mossy. It forms small, bluish flowers with a filament; the leaves are hairy and have between three and five lobules.