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Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana

Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana
Photo: Digou 280, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)

About

Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana is an endangered subspecies of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is endemic to the Berlengas Archipelago, Portugal.

Where it grows

Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana inhabits the Berlengas on Berlenga Grande, the Farilhões Islets and Inês Islet 10 to 17 km (6.2 to 10.6 mi) off mainland Portugal. The plant has thin herbaceous communities growing mainly in arid sites, skeletal soils and in fissures of granite rocks as well as along hiking trails.

Other Herniaria plants

Herniaria algarvica · Hairy Rupturewort · Smooth rupturewort · Hairy rupturewort · Herniaria lusitanica · Herniaria maritima · Rupturewort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Herniaria lusitanica subsp. berlengiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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