Notoceras bicorne (Aiton) Amo

Species

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Notoceras

Spanish common name: Notoceras.

Province distribution: Alacant.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Southern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Subdesertic xerosteppes, espartaes. Dry annual grasslands on slightly nitrified substrates, in warm and arid coastal areas.

Characteristics: Annual herb, up to 20 cm, hairy. Stems branched from the base, prostrate or ascending. Leaves 15-30 mm, entire, tomentose, lanceolate, narrowing toward the base. Inflorescence compact, elongating in fruit; peduncles 1-2 mm, thickened in fruiting. Sepals 1,5 mm. Petals 2 mm, unequal, yellow. Fruits 4-10 mm, erect, appressed to the axis, with two apical horns 1 mm long, longer than the style.