Reseda alba L.

Spice In the field In the field 2 Inflorescence

Family: RESEDACEAE

Genus: Reseda

Catalan common name: Capironats. Enturió. Pebre d'ase.

Spanish common name: Hopo de zorra. Reseda blanca.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Lleida. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Biennial. Hemicryptophyte. Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Fields and road sides.

Characteristics: Very common to abandoned fields and leeways, easily recognized by its inflorescence, with lots of small snow-white flowers with very divided petals, fruits are capsules with four teeth each. Cannot be mistaken with any other plant, as the other Reseda found in the Balears have yellow petals.