Maresia nana (D.C.) Batt.

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Maresia

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Coastal sandy soils.

Characteristics: A small crucifer of the dunes of Mallorca and the Pitiusses. Forms flowers that are a pale rose colour; fruits are elongate and slightly rigid. It is very similar to Malcolmia ramosissima, which also lives in the dunes and has similar coloured flowers, but can be told apart by the flower stigma (bi-lobate in Malcolmia). Flowers in spring.