Hirschfeldia incana (L.) Lagr.-Foss.

Spice Flowers

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Hirschfeldia

Catalan common name: Ravenissa groga. Ravenissa incana.

Spanish common name: Rabaniza amarilla.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

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

Characteristics: An herbaceous plant (up to 140 cm.) with enlongaed racimes of four petaled flowers, pale yellow in colour. The inferior leaves are divided with the terminal segment ovate in shape. Small fruit in an erect silque that opens spontaneously freeing the seeds and finshes in an oblique beak. This genus is characterized by its fruits, which are borne close to the stem and by the tender fruit valves, with three well marked nerves.