Scrophularia canina L.

Spice Image 2 In the field

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Scrophularia

Catalan common name: Escrofulària de ca. Herba pudent. Ruda de ca.

Spanish common name: Escrofularia perruna. Hierba de Troya. Ruda canina.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Rocky coastlines. Coastal zones. Mountains.

Characteristics: This plant has many branches that seem to emerge right form the base. Leaves are small and elongated. The upper portion of the branches tends to be slightly spiny. Have purple flowers on the upper part of the stems. This plant that is considered as subspecies ramosissima lives in the coastal dunes, and subspecies canina can be found in the island of Mallorca in the rocky zones of the coast and mountains.