Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Linaria aeruginea (Gouan) Cav. subsp. pruinosa (Sennen & Pau) Chater & Valdés
Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Genus : Linaria
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : April. May.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Stony soils.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This plant lives in rocky places in the Serra de Tramuntana, even in the middle of talus slopes. Its thin ash-grey coloured stems grow between the rocks; the leaves are also grey in colour with a linear contom about one centimetre in length. The flowers contrast with the plants colour scheme, as they are large and of oranges hues with violet lines, they have a spur of about a centimetre in length. This subspecies is endemic to Mallorca. Flowers from April to May.
Status : Endèmica.
