Linaria chalepensis (L.) Mill.

Spice Inflorescence detail Flowers

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Linaria

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields.

Characteristics: An annual erect plant, with elongated leaves inserted at the top. The leaves are very characeristic, creamy-white in colour with the spur longer than the corolla and disposed along the length of the entire stem.