with sepals/without petals/5 stamens/shady mountains/ Apr-May
Phillyrea angustifolia Narrow-leaved Mock Privet (Oleaceae) Evergreen shrub/leaves narrowly lanceolate + with 4-6 pairs of veins/flowers 2-3 mm/garigues-pine forest-olive tree plantations/Mar-June
Phillyrea latifolia Green Olive Tree (Oleaceae) Evergreen shrub/twigs with fine hairs/ young leaves cordate-ovate to lanceolate/flowers 2-3 mm/tree heath-garigues-oak forest-pine forest-rock crevices/Mar-June
Potamogeton natans Broad-leaved Pondweed (Potamogetonaceae) Aquatic plant with leaves on the water surface
Potamogeton pusillus Lesser Pondweed (Potamogetonaceae) Aquatic plant without leaves on the water surface
Salicornia ramosissima Wood Glasswort (Chenopodiaceae) Dwarf shrub/leaves succulent flowers small + with yellow stamens/marshland/Aug-Oct
Sarcocornia fruticosa (Chenopodiaceae) Dwarf shrub/stem whitish/leaves succulent/ rocky coastlines-marshland/June-Sep
Sarcocornia perennis Shrubby Glasswort (Chenopodiaceae) Mat forming dwarf shrub/ leaves succulent/marshland/June-Sep
Silene apetala (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/leaves small to linear-lanceolate/petals missing or not visible/3 styles/calyx 7-10 mm/fields-road sides/Feb-May
Tetragonia tetragonoides New Zealand Spinach (Aizoaceae) Annual/leaves 3-angled/ flowers almost sessile axillary, mostly with 15 stamens
Honeysuckle Lonicera implexa (Caprifoliaceae)
| 5 petals | |
| 1A-Flowers white with orange centre | Zygophyllum fabago |
| 1B-Flowers different | |
| 2A-Petals fused | Centaurium bianoris* |
| 2B-Petals separated | |
| 3A-Flowers yellow with black markings | Halimium halimifolium |
| 3B-Flowers white with yellow base | Helianthemum appeninum |
Centaurium bianoris* (Gentiananceae) Annual/leaves sessile/flowers salmon-coloured and yellow/flowers 11-18 mm/calcareous fields/Apr-June
Halimium halimifolium (Cistaceae) Hairy shrub/hairs stellate/leaves oblong-elliptical/ flowers yellow with black spot/flowers 2-4 cm/many stamens/3-5 dissimilar sepals/ pine forest-beaches/May-July
Helianthemum appeninum White Rockrose (Cistaceae) Hairy shrub/hairs stellate/leaves oblong-lanceolate/flowers white with yellow base/flowers 14-20 mm/many stamens/ rock crevices/Apr-July
Zygophyllum fabago Syrian Bean-caper (Zygophyllaceae) Plant with inverted-ovate leaves/flowers white with orange centre/10 stamens/waste land-road sides/June
| More than 5 petals | |
| 1A-Leaves sessile | Nothoscordum fragans |
Nothoscordum fragans (Liliaceae) Bulbous plant with parallel-veined leaves/flowers in 4 cm big umbels/petals with pink middle vein/fields-road sides
| Flower irregular | |
| 1A-Flowers 8-16 mm and with 2-3 stamens | Fedia cornucopiae |
| 1B-Flowers 35-45 mm and with 5 stamens | Lonicera implexa (p. 44) |
Fedia cornucopiae (Valerianaceae) Annual/leaves spatulate/flowers 8-16 mm/flowers marked red + pink/2-3 stamens/fields-road sides/Apr-June
Lonicera implexa Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae) Ascending evergreen shrub with sessile leaves/leaves ovate-elliptical/flowers 35-45 mm/5 stamens/tree heath-oak forest-pine forest/Apr-June
Corn Cockle Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae)
| Flowers small | |
| 1A-Flowers violet | |
| 2A-Aquatic plant | |
| 3A-Upper leaves stalked | Elatine hydropiper |
| 3B-Upper leaves sessile | Elatine macropoda |
| 2B-Land plant | |
| 3A-Stems 4-6angled | Valerianella eriocarpa |
| 3B-Stem round | Lythrum portula |
| 2-4 petals | |
| 1A-Flowers violet | |
| 2A-Aquatic plant | |
| 3A-Upper leaves stalked | Elatine hydropiper |
| 3B-Upper leaves sessile | Elatine macropoda |
| 2B-Land plant | |
| 3A-Flowers with 2 or 3 petals | Crassula tillaea |
| 3B-Flowers with 4 petals | |
| 4A-Flowers to 2 mm | Crassula vaillantii |
| 4B-Flowers 4-5 mm | Exaculum pusillum |
| 4C-Flowers 5-10 mm | Veronica anagallis-aquatica (17) |
Crassula tillaea Mossy Stonecrop (Crassulaceae) Moss-like plant/leaves almost overlapping, ovate-lanceolate, succulent/petals < sepals/petals 1 mm/fields-road sidesrock crevices/Jan-Aug
Crassula vaillantii Narrow-leaved Mossy Stonecrop (Crassulaceae) Annual/flowers 1-2 mm/leaves succulent/leaf stalk longer than the leaves/marshland/Menorca/Mar-June
Elatine hydropiper Eight-stamened Waterwort (Elatinaceae) Aquatic plant/leaves elliptical/8 stamens/marshland/Menorca
Elatine macropoda (Elatinaceae) Annual/flowers stalked/4 sepals and petals/8 stamens/ marshland/May-July
Exaculum pusillum (Gentianaceae) Annual with lanceolate leaves/flowers 4-5 mm/stigma with 2 parts
Lythrum portula Water Purslane (Lythraceae) Annual/leaves obovate/flowers 1-2 mm/ Menorca
Valerianella eriocarpa Hairy-fruited Cornsalad (Valerianaceae) Annual/lower leaves spoon-shaped, upper leaves oblong/flowers 2-3 mm/3 stamens/leaves toothed at the base/waste land/Apr-May
Veronica anagallis-aquatica Blue Water Speedwell (Scrophulariaceae) Plant with hollow stem/leaves lanceolate/flowers in opposite inflorescences/flowers 5-10 mm/wet places/ Apr-Sep
| 5 petals (violet) | |
| 1A-Stem angled | |
| 2A-Plants without hairs | Anagallis tenella |
| 2B-Plants with hairs | Valerianella eriocarpa |
| 1B-Stem round | |
| 2A-Leaves with stalks | |
| 3A-Herb/flowers 25-35mm | Mirabilis jalapa |
| 3B-Woody at the base/flowers 6-8 mm | Vincetoxicum nigrum |
| 3C-Shrub/flowers 40-60 mm | |
| 4A-Leaves egg-shaped | Cistus creticus |
| 4B-Leaves lanceolate | Nerium oleander (7) |
| 2B-Leaves sessile | |
| 3A-Sepals of the flower fused | |
| 4A-Petal
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