Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Galium balearicum Briq.
Family : RUBIACEAE
Genus : Galium
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : June. July.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A small herbaceous plant that lives in the rocks of the chutes of the Serra de Tramuntana, and is characterized by its verticilliate leaves, normally four in number, no more than a centimeter in length; the entire plant usually takes on a reddish hue. Flowers are rose ¿coloured. Can be told apart from the other species of this genus by its colouration and above all the flowers. Flowers in the months of June and July.
Status : Endèmica.
