Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Asperula paui Font Quer
Family : RUBIACEAE
Genus : Asperula
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : May. June. July. August. September.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses in coastal cliff faces.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : Vulnerable
Characteristics : A herbaceous plant but with a very branching trunk at ground level, whitish-green branches and linear, opposite leaves up to 4 cm long. It has a very lax inflorescence with white or rose-tinged flowers. It is an endemism of the island of Eivissa and lives in the cracks between rocks. Flowers at the end of spring.
Status : Endèmica.
