Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All. subsp. rugosum (L.) All.

Spice Fruit In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Rapistrum

Sinònims: Rapistrum rugosum (L.) All. subsp. orientale (L.) Arcang.

Catalan common name: Bergeret. Ravenell.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

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

Characteristics: This plant in cultivated fields, it can form great extensions that paint these fields yellow in the spring. Can be told apart for other members of the mustard or cabbage family (crucifers) by its small flowers, an above all by it spherical fruits with a terminal beak with a sort of bolstering appendage at the base. There are three subspecies present in the isles that are differentiated by their fruits. Subspecies orientale has the fruit without an inflated base and a style shorter than this organ.