Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Crupina crupinastrum (Moris) Vis.
Family : COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)
Genus : Crupina
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : April. May. June.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Therophytics communities.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This composite can be recognized by its elegant elongated capitula, wine-coloured with purple flowers. The leaves are also very characteristic: very divided, with linear lobes. It is a terraphyte even though it can reach up to half a metre in height. Lives in dry and hot wastelands and flowers in May.
