Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande

Spice Detail In the field In the field 2

Family: RUPPIACEAE

Genus: Ruppia

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Salt marshes.

Characteristics: An aquatic plant that inhabits brackish water. The leaves are long and narrow and form an inflated sheath at the union with the stem. The inflorescences are found on upper part of a large peduncle, and for this species it is very helicoïdal (that of R. maritima is enlongated).