Anagallis foemina Mill.

Spice Flowers Fruit

Family: PRIMULACEAE

Genus: Anagallis

Sinònims: Anagallis arvensis L. subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz et Thell

Catalan common name: Herba de la pulmonia. Herba de les embronies.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones and therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A small annual plant with leaves deltoid and opposite, flowers is an intense blue colour. It's very difficult to distinguish from A. Arvensis; however they differ basically in that the later has more lanceolate leaves, smaller flowers and the petal margin lacks hairs.