Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Chaenorhinum formenterae Gand
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Chaenorhinum
Synonyms : Chaenorhinum rubrifolium (DC.) Fourr. subsp. formenterae (Gand.) R.Fern.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : April. May. June. July. August. September.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Therophytics communities.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : An annual plant, very tiny, with a rosette of leaves in its base and only one stem which holds the flowers. The flowers are lilac and have a small spur at the back. Usually the whole plant has a reddish colour, other times only the underside of the leaves have these colours. It lives on sandy soils in communities of annual plants typical of dune systems; it is especially abundant in Formentera, and also on the beaches in the South of Eivissa. It flowers throughout spring.
Status : Endèmica.
