May-June
Minuartia hybrida Fine-leaved Sandwort (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/flowers 5-8 mm/stalk of the flower longer than calyx/10 stamens/calcareous fields-walls-rocky soils/Mar-Sep
Minuartia mediterranea (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/leaves linear-lanceolate/flowers 5-8 mm/10 stamens/flower stalk < sepals/calcareous fields-walls-rocky soils/Mar-Sep
Myrtus communis Myrtle (Myrtaceae) Evergreen shrub/leaves acutely lanceolate/flowers up to 3 cm/many stamens/tree heather macchia-oak forests-marshland/May-June
Nothoscordum fragans (Liliaceae) Bulbous plant/leaves with parallel veins and linear/flowers in umbels (4 cm)/petals with pink central vein
Paronychia argentea (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy dwarf shrub/leaves linear-lanceolate, egglanceolate or rounded/flower clusters 8-10 mm/5 stamens/fields-road sides/Mar-June
Paronychia capitata (Caryophyllaceae) Procumbent plant/softly hairy/leaves oblanceolate flower clusters 8-10 mm/flowers terminal/5 stamens/fields-road sides/Mar-July
Polycarpon alsinifolium Four-leaved Allseed (Caryophyllaceae) Procumbent annual/ leaves ovate or lanceolate/flowers 2-3 mm/petals divided/1-5 stamens/sandy soilsbeaches/Mar-July
Polycarpon polycarpoides* (Caryophyllaceae) Plant/woody below/petals 1-2 mm/5 stamens/rocky coastlines/Apr-Aug
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Four-leaved Allseed (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/leaves obovate and in whorls of 4/flowers 2-3 mm/petals divided/1-5 stamens/fields-walls-rocky soilsroad sides/Mar-July
Polygala nicaeensis Nice Milkwort (Polygalaceae) Plant woody below/lower leaves obovate-lanceolate, upper leaves linear-lanceolate/flowers 8-11 mm/flowers in terminal inflorescences and with 8 stamens/garigues-macchia-forests/Formentera/Apr-July
Prunella laciniata Cut-leaved Self-heal (Lamiaceae) Hairy annual with stipules/leaves pinnately lobed/flowers 14-20 mm/many flowers/5 stamens/fields-road sides/Menorca/ May-Sep
Saponaria officinalis Soapwort (Caryophyllaceae) Plant with elliptical leaves/flowers 25-38 mm/petals entire or lobed/forests-crop plant/June-Sep
Silene disticha (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/calyx with rough hairs/calyx 8-9 mm/petals hardly protruding from calyx/flowers almost sessile/flowers in groups of 3-8/May
Silene gallica Small-flowered Catchfly (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, upper leaves lanceolate or linear/flowers sessile/calyx 7-10 mm/petals entire or lobed/fields-road sides/Apr-May
Silene mollissima* (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy plant/petals divided/calyx 17-25 mm/rock crevices/May-June
Silene nicaeensis (Caryophyllaceae) Sticky, hairy annual/petals divided/calyx 10-13 mm/ May
Silene nocturna (Caryophyllaceae) Softly hairy annual/leaves with short stalks, spatulate or obovate to lanceolate/petals hardly protruding from calyx/petals divided/calyx 9-13 mm/flowers almost sessile/fields-road sides/Apr-June
Silene sedoides (Caryophyllaceae) Softly hairy annual/leaves succulent/flowers stalked/ flowers in groups of 1-2/calyx 6-8 mm/petals hardly protruding from calyx/rocky coastlines/May
Silene tridentata (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/leaves lanceolate above, oblanceolate or obovate below/flowers sessile/calyx 11-14 mm/petals entire or lobed
Silene vulgaris Bladder Campion (Caryophyllaceae) Plant with lanceolate leaves/flowers 12-16 mm/petals divided/calyx inflated/fields-road sides/May-June
Spergularia bocconei Greek Sea-spurrey (Caryophyllaceae) Herb with papery stipules/ leaves with terminal bristle/flowers 7-9 mm/3 styles/10 stamens/fields-rocky coastlinesmarshland-road sides/Dec-June
Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/leaves succulent/flowers 6-8 mm/ petals entire/10 stamens/sepals approximately as big as the petals/Apr-Sep
Spergularia nicaeensis (Caryophyllaceae) Plant with succulent leaves/flowers 9-12 mm/ 10 stamens/Mar-July
Stellaria media (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/leaves hairless/leaves ovate or lanceolate/ flowers 4-7 mm/petals divided/0-10 stamens/fields-road sides/Jan-June
Stellaria pallida Lesser Chickweed (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/leaves acutely ovate/ flowers 4-5 mm/2 stamens/fields-walls-rocky soils-road sides/Jan-Dec
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Swallow-wort (Asclepiadaceae) Plant with acutely-ovate leaves/base of leaves cordate/flowers 5-10 mm/rock crevices/May-July
Cow Basil Vaccaria hispanica (Caryophyllaceae)
| Flowers small | |
| 1A-Leaves lanceolate | Silene apetala |
| 1B-Leaves fleshy | |
| 2B-Leaves almost imbricate | Crassula tillaea |
| 2C-Leaves not so | Crassula vaillantii |
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
Silene apetala (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/lower leaves narrow and lanceolate, upper leaves linear-lanceolate/petals missing or hidden in calyx/3 styles/calyx 7-10 mm/fieldsroad sides/Feb-Mar
| 2-4 petals | |
| 1A-Flowers with 2 or 3 petals | Crassula tillaea |
| 1B-Flowers with 4 petals | |
| 2A-Flowers up to 2 mm big | Crassula vaillantii |
| 2B-Flowers 4-5 mm | Exaculum pusillum |
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
Exaculum pusillum (Gentianaceae) Herb with lanceolate leaves/flowers 4-5 mm/stigma divided in 2
| 5 petals | |
| 1A-Sepals of the flower fused | |
| 2A-Flowers with 2 styles | |
| 3A-Stem without hairs | |
| 4A-Flowers 6-8 mm | Gypsophila pilosa |
| 4B-Flowers 8-16 mm | Vaccaria hispanica (p. 24) |
| 4C-Flowers > 16 mm | Saponaria officinalis (199) |
| 3B-Stem with hairs | |
| 4A-Leaf sheath < 2x as long as wide | Petrorhagia nanteuilii |
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