Primula acaulis (L.) L. subsp. balearica (Willk.) Greuter & Burdet

Spice In the field

Family: PRIMULACEAE

Genus: Primula

Sinònims: Primula acaulis (L.) L. var. alba Knoche

Catalan common name: Primavera blanca.

Spanish common name: Hierba de San Pablo mayor. Manguitos. Primula balear. Primula blanca.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Small shady banks or slopes. Humid soils and rock creviceses. Mountain vegetation.

Characteristics: This species can be found at the top of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of rocky walls. The leaves form a rosette along the ground, they are relatively large, long, with an obtuse tip (they slightly resemble the leaves of Digitalis minor). The flowers have a leaf-stalk which grows out of the centre of the leaves; since the inflorescence leaf-stalk is so short that it seems as if it does not exists, we get the name of this species: acaulis(without a stem). Flowers in April- May.