Pistorinia hispanica (L.) DC.

Family: CRASSULACEAE

Genus: Pistorinia

Catalan common name: Sempreviva.

Spanish common name: Pistorinia.

Province distribution: València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Western Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Pinus pinaster pine wood. Therophytic silicolous fields. Annual dry grasslands on siliceous soils, in cool inland areas that are not excessively dry

Characteristics: Small annual herb (5-20 cm), very shallow-rooted. Stems slender, erect, and sparsely branched. Leaves greenish or reddish, fleshy, cylindrical, 5-10 mm long; the lower ones glabrous, becoming progressively glandular toward the upper end. Inflorescence terminal, more or less dense, with flowers bearing acute, small, inconspicuous sepals; corolla composed of 5 hairy-glandular petals, pink or reddish, fused into a long cylindrical tube (5-20 mm) that abruptly opens into five lobes