Silene pseudoatocion Desf.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Silene

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Castelló.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica.

Characteristics: This Silene has only been found in the mountains of the Serra d´Artà in Mallorca (Although not an endemic, given that other examples live in other locations in the Western Mediterranean). Can be recognized by its long and narrow calyx, which takes on a reddish hue; petals are purple in colour. The only similar species is Silene cambessedesii