Euphorbia fontqueriana Greuter

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Genus: Euphorbia

Sinònims: Euphorbia myrsinites L. subsp. litardierei Font Quer et Garcias Font in Garcias Font

Catalan common name: Lletrera.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: ENEndangered

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: A perennial spurge, robust with reddish tones. Leaves are entire, suborbicular, slightly thick and with a downwardly curved mucro. The flowers have atro-purple nectaries with 2 appendices.