Parapholis pycnantha (Hackel) C.E. Hubbard

Spice Detail

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Parapholis

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: DDData deficient

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Salty soils and salt marshes.

Characteristics: Gramineae found in the herb lands with wet, saline soils, forms a long spike with spikelets closely attached to the axis, resembling a sort of small, very slender, and rigid internodes, which is only slightly curved. For Parapholis incurva, a much more common species, the spike always has a greater curvature, even at times curled. Flowers at the end of spring and the beginning of summer.