Galium balearicum Briq.

Spice Detail Image 2 In the field

Family: RUBIACEAE

Genus: Galium

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: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: A small herbaceous plant that lives in the rocks of the chutes of the Serra de Tramuntana, and is characterized by its verticilliate leaves, normally four in number, no more than a centimeter in length; the entire plant usually takes on a reddish hue. Flowers are rose -coloured. Can be told apart from the other species of this genus by its colouration and above all the flowers. Flowers in the months of June and July.