Arenaria leptoclados (Reichenb.) Guss.

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Arenaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Therophytic fields.

Characteristics: A small, greatly branched, annual-cycle herb; it has small flowers with white petals that are shorter than the calyx. The rhomboidal leaves are opposite and small.