Arrhenatherum album (Vahl) W. D. Clayton

Spice

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Arrhenatherum

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Lleida. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: DDData deficient

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine woodlands, rock creviceses.

Characteristics: A very graceful Graminea with a single panicle, in the form of a spike (10-30 cm.) interrupted at the basal part. Spikeletes detached, of some 7-10 mm. Leaves flat and narrow. Stems have spherical, basal tubercles, an unmistakeable characteristic of this species.