 This broom is endemic to Mallorca, densely spined and in the form of small, round bushes especially in windy areas. |
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 The Posidonia Oceánica meadows offer food and shelter to a variety of plant and animal species. |
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Wild saffron (Crocus cambessedesii.) is easily identifiable just by its leaves because they are very long and narrow, they are very dark green but have a whitish line running from top to bottom.
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The white rock rose has pink flowers, but the leaves are light green. It can only be mistaken for Cistus incanus, which in the Balearics lives exclusively in Menorca, however the latter has dark green leaves with a petiole; all the other rock roses have white flowers.
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Perennial bush of the heather family - ericaceae- till 2 m. tall. Erect stems. Leaves in whorls. Flowers grouped in compact racemes with long peduncles.
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Plant that lives in rocky crevices and walls, it can be identified by its rounded contom and a petiole that begins from the centre of the lamina, at lest the basal leaves. The leaves and stems have an apple-like texture, as for all of the Crassulaceae; the stem leaves are dentate.
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Characteristics: The Hypericum balearicum is one of the emblematic plants of the Balearic Islands. A beautiful endemic shrub that is relatively common to the Serra de Tramuntana, and less common in the other isles.
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Arum pictum has large leaves like Arum italicum, but they have clearly visible white veins and a fine reddish line along the leaf’s margin. |
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Characteristics:
A perennial stoloniferous herbaceous plant, with leaves cordate and with long petioles, arranged in a basal rosette. |
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This small plant lives near the littoral zone, and it’s easy to identify when in flower by its violet capitula. Leaves are also easy to identify: wide and fleshy with white diagrams on obverse side and reddish ones on the reverse. |
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Brassica balearica is an endemism exclusive to Mallorca. It lives in the Serra de Tramuntana (northern mountain range) occupying rocky crevices in the rocky cliff faces of mountains, generally in shady places. It is characterised by its shiny, fleshy leaves with wavy margins which are concentrated at the base of the plant.
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