Linaria aeruginea (Gouan) Cav. subsp. pruinosa (Sennen & Pau) Chater & Valdés

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Linaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Stony soils.

Characteristics: This plant lives in rocky places in the Serra de Tramuntana, even in the middle of talus slopes. Its thin ash-grey coloured stems grow between the rocks; the leaves are also grey in colour with a linear contom about one centimetre in length. The flowers contrast with the plants colour scheme, as they are large and of oranges hues with violet lines, they have a spur of about a centimetre in length. This subspecies is endemic to Mallorca. Flowers from April to May.