Ochlopoa infirma (Kunth) H.Scholz

Spice

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Ochlopoa

Sinònims: Poa infirma Kunth. Poa anua L. subsp. exilis (Tomm. ex Freyn.) Asch. & Graebn.

Catalan common name: Pèl de ca. Pelosa.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic fields in humid soils.

Characteristics: A small annual Gramineae that lives in the clearings of dry garrigues, can be told apart from Poa annua as it is smaller and the branches of the inflorescences are upright instead of reflexive after flowering. Flowers during winter and spring.