Delphinium pentagynum Lam. subsp. formenterense N. Torres, L. Sáez, Rosselló & C. Blanché

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Delphinium

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Fields and garriques, coastal zones.

Characteristics: An easy to identify plant due to its rounded and deeply divided leaves (looks like a geranium) and by its long floral rod that ends in an inflorescence covered with large violet flowers with a large spur. The axis of the inflorescence is usually pubescent with glandular hairs.