Ehrharta longiflora Sm.

Spice Spikelets Inflorescence

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Ehrharta

Province distribution: Girona.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Capense

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: Roadsides, wastelands, ruderal grasslands, etc. An herb with ascendant stems and wide leaves (5-12 mm). The inflorescence is a lax panicle and ± unilateral. The glumes are unequal and short, can be green yellow or purple. The spikelets have 1-2 sterile flowers reduced to the glumellas: these coriaceous and shiny, with an awn of 6-15 mm.