Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Galium crespianum Rod. Fem.
Family : RUBIACEAE
Genus : Galium
Catalan common name : Rèvola de penya.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Dragonera. Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : May. June. July.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses and cliff faces.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : Galium crespianum is a Mallorcan endemism which lives in crevices in rocky peaks, normally north-facing. It has the typical verticilate leaves of the Rubiaceae. It can be distinguished from other Galium because it is much larger than all the others that can be found in the mountain cliff faces, because of its rounded, bushy shape and because of the light green colour of its leaves. The flowers are yellow.
Status : Endèmica.
