Dryopteris pallida (Bory) C. Chr. subsp. balearica (Litard.) Fraser-Jenkins
Family: ASPIDIACEAE
Genus: Dryopteris
Sinònims: Dryopteris villarii (Bellardi) Woyn. subsp. balearica Malag.
Catalan common name: Falguera.
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.
Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Caves and rock creviceses.
Characteristics: A fern that lives in shady rock crevases of the Serra de Tramuntana. Leaves are markedly triangular, no very large (around 30 cm) and twice divided. The sorii are covered by an umbrella-like structure, the indusium.