Scutellaria balearica Barceló

Spice In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Scutellaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rock outcrops, stony soils, torrents, dry-masonry walls.

Characteristics: A small plant that lives between the rocks in the mountains of Mallorca. Leaves are ovate with a crowned base, margin dentate (rounded dentate) with a fairly long petiole. Flowers emerge in pairs at the upper part of the fertile stems, pink in colour speckled with red. Flowers during the months of June and July.