Arenaria bolosii (Cañig.) L.Sáez & Rosselló

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Arenaria

Sinònims: Arenaria grandiflora (L.) var. bolosii Cañig. Arenaria grandiflora (L.) subsp. bolosii (Cañig.) Küpfer

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: CRCritically endangered

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica.

Characteristics: A small plant, trunk is woody at the base but branches are herbaceous. These branches are pilose, with lanceolate leaves of greyish or reddish colours. In the upper story the flowers are formed, with five white petals. In the mountains of Mallorca exists another subspecies, glabrescens, which is much more common, can be told apart, as this latter subspecies has larger flowers and the leaves are an intense green. Subspecies. bolosii is fairly rare, lives in the upper elevations of the Serra de Tramuntana and is considered in danger of extinction. Flowers during the months of June and July.