Sagina apetala Ard. subsp. erecta (Hornem.) Herm.

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Sagina

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A very small but common annual cycle herb, lives on wet soils, a faithful colonizer of street tiles. Leaves are linear and opposite, and end in a short awn (examine with a magnifying glass!), this character easily differentiates it from Sagina maritima. Flowers have four sepals that open in the form of a cross when forming the capsule.