Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. fulgurans (Porta) Cardona, L. Llorens et Sierra

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Dorycnium

Sinònims: Dorycnium fulgurans (Porta) Lassen Lotus fulgurans (Porta) Sokoloff

Catalan common name: Socarrell alís.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Rocky coastlines.

Characteristics: A densely branched bush, with slightly pointy tips to the branches, which makes it look like a thorny, compact shrub. It can be easily distinguishable from Dorycnium pentaphyllum because of its compactness and because the flowers practically grow on the stalks and not on a peduncle. It lives on the coast together with other species with a similar morphology (Launaea cervicornis,Astragalus balearicus, etc.).