Linaria pedunculata (L.) Chaz.

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Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Linaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Sandy soils.

Characteristics: This small Linaria lives in the dunes of Formentera, its flowers emerge just above the sand surface, and are an astonishing yellow in colour with a violet spur that measures more than five millimetres.