creticus (Cistaceae) Shrub/hairy/leaves ovate-lanceolate/flowers 4-6 cm/gariguespine forest-beaches/Apr-June
Coriaria myrtifolia Mediterranean Coriaria (Coriariaceae) Shrub/stem 4-angled leaves acutely lanceolate to egg-shaped/flowers 2-5 cm/marshland/Apr-July
Dianthus rupicola* (Caryophyllaceae) Shrub/leaves 3-5 mm wide/petal margin toothed/ petals 10-15 mm/rock crevices/July-Sep
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
Lythrum portula Water Purslane (Lythraceae) Annual/leaves obovate/flowers 1-2 mm/ Menorca
Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae) Annual/leaves acutely-ovate/flowers 25-35mm with 5 stamens/fields-marshland-road sides-garden plant/July-Oct
Silene cambessedesii* (Caryophyllaceae) Annual with glandular hairs/calyx 10-25 mm/ calyx with veins/rocky coastlines-beaches/Mar-June
Silene hifacensis* (Caryophyllaceae) Woody below/hairy/petal edge roled in/calyx 17-21 mm/calyx with veins/rock crevices/Ibiza
Silene rubella (Caryophyllaceae) Hairy annual/calyx < 11 mm/calyx with veins fieldsroad sides/May-June
Spergularia diandra (Caryophyllaceae) Annual/leaves with triangular stipules/flowers 3-5 mm/2-3 stamens/rocky coastlines/Apr-June
Spergularia fimbriata (Caryophyllaceae) Plant woody below/leaves with stipules/petals 4-6 mm/10 stamens/Ibiza
Spergularia heldreichii (Caryophyllaceae) Annual with stipules/inflorescence with (2)6-8(10) stamens/seeds black/capsule 2-3 mm
Spergularia rubra (Caryophyllaceae) Sticky annual/leaves linear with stipules/petals 3-4 mm/stamens 5-10/seeds brown/fields-marshland-beaches-road sides/Apr-May
Vincetoxicum nigrum Dark Swallow-wort (Asclepiadaceae) Leaves broadly ovatelanceolate/flowers 6-8 mm/stamens fused/rock crevices/May-Aug
| More than 5 petals | |
| 1A-Leaves with stalks | |
| 2A-Flowers 1-2 mm | Lythrum borysthenicum |
| 2B-Flowers > 10 mm | Aptenia cordifolia |
| 1B-Leaves sessile | |
| 2A-Plants with hairs | Drosanthemum hispidum |
| 2B-Plants without hairs | |
| 3A-Flowers up to 2 mm big | Lythrum portula |
| 3B-Flowers > 10 mm | |
| 4A-Flowers with 4-5 styles | Lampranthus multiradiatus (19) |
| 4B-Flowers with 8-20 styles | |
| 5A-Stamens of the flower white | Disphyma crassifolia |
| 5B-Stamens of the flower red | Carpobrotus chilensis |
| 5C-Stamens of the flower yellow | |
| 6A-Flowers 8-9 cm | Carpobrotus edulis (10) |
| 6B-Flowers > 10 cm | Carpobrotus acinaciformis |
| Flowers irregular | |
| 1A-Herb without hairs | Centranthus ruber (11) |
| 1B-Hairy dwarf shrub | |
| 2A-Upper lip of the flower divided | Coridothymus capitatus |
| 2B-Upper and lower lip of the flower lobed | Micromeria graeca |
Aptenia cordifolia (Aizoaceae) Plant with flat leaves/leaves cordate-ovate and with delicate hairs/flowers 2 cm/flowers with 4 stigmas/fields-road sides/Apr-Nov
Carpobrotus acinaciformis Red Hottentot Fig (Aizoaceae) Hairless plant/flower 11-12 cm many yellow stamens/leaves succulent and 3-angled/rocky coastlines-beaches/Apr-Aug
Carpobrotus chilensis (Aizoaceae) Plant woody below/hairless/flower 25-50 mm/many red stamens/Menorca + Ibiza
Carpobrotus edulis Hottentot Fig (Aizoaceae) Mat-forming plant/hairless/flower 8-9 cm/ many yellow stamens/rocky coastlines-garigues-pine forest-beaches/Apr-Aug
Centranthus ruber Red Valerian (Valerianaceae) Annual with sessile leaves/leaves ovatelanceolate/flower 7-10 mm/1 stamen/fields-walls-rocky soils-road sides/Apr-Sep
Coridothymus capitatus (Lamiaceae) Dwarf shrub with sessile leaves/leaves narrow/upper lip divided/flowers sessile/4 stamens/flowers 7-10 mm/garigues-pine forest/June-Oct
Disphyma crassifolia (Aizoaceae) Grounded-covering plant/leaves succulent/flowers 3-5 cm/rocky coastlines-beaches-garden plant/May-Aug
Drosanthemum hispidum (Aizoaceae) Shrub with succulent leaves/hairy/leaves sessile/ flowers 25-30 mm/Mar-June
Lampranthus multiradiatus (Aizoaceae) Shrub/leaves 3-angled/flowers 24-30 mm/many stamens/garden plant/Apr-May
Lythrum borysthenicum (Lythraceae) Hairless annual/leaves ovate/flowers 1-2 mm/6 stamens/marshland-calcareous fields-beaches/Mar-Apr
Lythrum portula Water Purslane (Lythraceae) Annual/leaves obovate/flowers 1-2 mm/ Menorca
Micromeria graeca (Lamiaceae) Hairy dwarf shrub with sessile leaves/leaves acutely ovate-oblong/flowers with lobed upper and lower lip/flowers stalked/flowers 6-8 mm/4 stamens/fields-garigues-pine forest-road sides/Apr-July
Blue Pimpernel Anagallis foemina (Primulaceae)
Blue
| Flowers small | |
| 1A-Herb | Valerianella eriocarpa |
| 2-4 petals | |
| 1A-Leaves sessile | Veronica anagallis-aquatica (17) |
| 5 petals | |
| 1A-Leaves with stalks | Vinca difformis |
| 1B-Leaves sessile | |
| 2A-Flowers with 2 to 4 stamens | |
| 3A-Flowers 2-3 mm | Valerianella eriocarpa |
| 3B-Flowers 6-8 mm | Lavandula stoechas (20) |
| 2B-Flowers with 5 stamens | |
| 3A-Petals entire | Anagallis foemina (p. 34) |
| 3B-Petal margin with hairs | Anagallis arvensis (9) |
| Flower irregular | |
| 1A-Leaves sessile | |
| 2A-Herb | |
| 3A-Flowers with 2 stamens | Rosmarinus officinalis |
| 3B-Flowers with 8 stamens | Polygala nicaeensis |
| 2B-Shrub/flowers with 4 stamens | Teucrium marum* (12) |
| 1B-Leaves with stalks | |
| 2A-Herb/leaves simple/flowers 4-6 mm | Mentha pulegium |
| 2B-Shrub/leaves palmate | Vitex
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