Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Genista majorica Cantó & M.J. Sánchez
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Genista
Synonyms : Genista cinerea Vill. subsp. leptoclada (Willk.) Bolòs & Vigo
Catalan common name : Ginesta. Ginestell.
Spanish common name : Hierba de la sarna. Hiniesta. Retama.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean (Balearic)
Endemisms : Balearic Islands
Flowering time : April. May. June. July. August.
Life-forms : Nanophanerophyte.
Habitat : Rock creviceses and cliff faces.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A shrub which lives in the cracks in the rocky walls of Mallorcan mountains. It has many long, thin branches; the leaves are very small and spear-shaped. It flowers in a spectacular way in spring dyeing the peaks in the Serra (mountain range) yellow. When it flowers, it can be mistaken from afar for the rocky violet (Hippocrepis balearica), but close up they are two very different plants even though both belong to the same family: Papilionacea. This plant is also known as Genista majorica.
Status : Endèmica.
