Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem.

Spice In the field Inflorescence

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Bupleurum

Catalan common name: Garrovereta. Niella.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

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

Characteristics: A plant that lives in planted fields, with leaves alternate that hug the stem, the inferior leaves are three times as long as wide. The bracteoles are yellowish-green and are as long as wide, finished in a well pronounced mucro.