Lysimachia minoricensis J. J. Rodr.
Family: PRIMULACEAE
Genus: Lysimachia
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Menorca.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)
Plants protected by law: Bern Convention. National Catalogue.
IUCN Category: Extinct in the wild
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.
Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Bed of a torrent in the South of Menorca.
Characteristics: Endemic to the island of Menorca, this is the only species of our flora considered to be now extinct in its natural habitat, although some specimens are still conserved in botanical and even private gardens. Attempts to reintroduce it have systematically failed. It is a biannual species, which first develops a rosette of lanceolate basal leaves, up to 8 cm long, with whitish veins that stand out upon a green lamina. When the time comes to flower, it develops leaf-covered stems, which from the upper part forming small racemes of flowers which emerge from the leaf axils. Flowers in June.