Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Limonium ferulaceum (L.) Chaz.
Family : PLUMBAGINACEAE
Genus : Limonium
Catalan common name : Coca marina. Ensopegall. Saladina.
Spanish common name : Limonio. Siempreviva.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Gerona.
Distribution in the islands : Minorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : July. August. September.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Rocky coastlines.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This Limonium is quite easy to recognise in comparison with other species of this genus. It is a herb with very thin, branched branches all similar to the inflorescence ones; the leaves are reduced to scales. The whole plant takes reddish colours. This species lives in the clay, saline soils of the wetlands (albuferes) or near the coast.
