Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Linaria cirrhosa (L.) Cav.
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Linaria
Synonyms : Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Castellón.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May. June.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Garriques.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : An annual plant with filiform stems; it extends across the ground or can also climb up other plants; it has triangular leaves, but with small ears at the base which give it an arrow-tip shape. The flowers are very small (0.5 mm), and bluish supported by a long leaf-stalk; it flowers well into spring. It lives in moors and small terophitic meadows; it is frequent in non-carbonate soils.
