Stipa parviflora Desf.

Spice In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Stipa

Spanish common name: Hopillo.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Quercus coccifera and Rhamnus oleoides continental maquis. Quercus coccifera and Chamaerops humilis litoral maquis. Subdesertic xerosteppes, espartaes.