Euphorbia maresii Knoche subsp. balearica (Willk.) Malag.

Spice Detail In the field

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Genus: Euphorbia

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Stony soils of the mountains. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: Euphorbia maresii subsp. balearica lives in the mountains of the Serra de Tramuntana of Mallorca, in the cracks between rocks or hidden among thebranches of bushes. It can be distinguished from the subspecies maresii byits floral characteristics, like the smaller number of floral radii. Itflowers from spring to the beginning of summer.