Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Calamintha rouyana (Briq.) Pericàs & Rosselló
Family : LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)
Genus : Calamintha
Synonyms : Satureja rouyana Briq.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : June.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses and cliff faces of the Serra de Tramuntana (northen mountain range).
IUCN Category : Vulnerable
Characteristics : A small shrub that lives in the rock crevices or the rocky areas in the mountains of Mallorca. Very extensively branched at the base, covered with wide leaves with a slightly irregular margin. Flowers are small and blue, Its aroma is very distinct fro the other species of Labiatae of the same genus , i.e. Micromeria. Flowers from June through September.
Status : Endèmica.
