Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dorycnium fulgurans (Porta) Lassen
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Dorycnium
Catalan common name : Socarrell alís.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : April. May. June. July. August.
Life-forms : Chameophyte. Nanophanerophyte.
Habitat : Rocky coastlines.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A densely branched bush, with slightly pointy tips to the branches, which makes it look like a thorny, compact shrub. It can be easily distinguishable from Dorycnium pentaphyllum because of its compactness and because the flowers practically grow on the stalks and not on a peduncle. It lives on the coast together with other species with a similar morphology (Launaea cervicornis,Astragalus balearicus, etc.).
Status : Endèmica.
