Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Cymbalaria fragilis (J. J. Rodr.) A. Cheval.
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Cymbalaria
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : May.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : En peligro
Characteristics : A plant endemic to Menorca, very similar to Cymbalaria aequitriloba, but with larger, blue flowers, the leaves have a succulent texture which easily break when handled. There are other more precise variations in the seed ornamentation that are not obvious at a simple glance. It is a very rare plant, and lives in rock crevices in the ravines of the Menorcan Midjorn. Flowers in May.
Status : Endèmica.
