Asperula paui Font Quer

Spice Flower detail Flower In the field

Family: RUBIACEAE

Genus: Asperula

Sinònims: Asperula cynanchica L. subsp. paui (Font Quer) O. Bolòs & Vigo

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitat: Rock creviceses in coastal cliff faces.

Characteristics: A herbaceous plant but with a very branching trunk at ground level, whitish-green branches and linear, opposite leaves up to 4 cm long. It has a very lax inflorescence with white or rose-tinged flowers. It is an endemism of the island of Eivissa and lives in the cracks between rocks. Flowers at the end of spring.