Brachypodium retusum (Pers.) Beauv.

Spice Detail In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Brachypodium

Catalan common name: Cerverol. Fenal. Fenàs. Fenàs reüll. Llistó.

Spanish common name: Fenazo. Lastón.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Garriques, fields, etc.

Characteristics: This plant can form a sort of mat of dry, green leaves under the shrubs and bushes in garrigues (Mediterranean woodland) and pine woods. It can be characterised by its distichous leaf arrangement (at right angles and on opposite sides of the stems); the leaves are clearly shorter than those of Brachipodium phoenicoides.