Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)
Genus: Echinochloa
Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Tarragona. València.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Cabrera.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Paleotropical
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, disturbed zones and humid soils.
Characteristics: A Gramene characterised by having spikelets grouped in short, dense racemes at the top of the stems, often reddish in colour. It is also very recognisable because the leaves are wide and have horizontal blue spots. It lives in disturbed, slightly moist places. It flowers in summer and autumn. A species introduced from tropical areas.