Rubia balearica (Willk.) Porta subsp. caespitosa (Font Quer & Marcos) Rosselló, L. Sáez & Mus

Spice Detail In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: RUBIACEAE

Genus: Rubia

Sinònims: Rubia angustifolia L. subsp. caespitosa (Font Quer & Marcos) Mus , Rosselló & Gradaille

Catalan common name: Raspeta. Rotgeta.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: ENEndangered

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Rocky coastlines.

Characteristics: A very extensively branched plant, these branches either grow prostrate or form small shrubby forms. Leaves are linear, arranged in whorls, normally four and scratchy to the touch. The entire plant has a greyish tone, somewhat white. Its fragility is also a identifiying characteristic,impossible to make a good herbarium specimen, as it soon disintegrates into a thousand pieces. Endemic to the Island of Cabrera. Flowers in May and June.