Bryonia dioica Jacq.

Spice In the field

Family: CUCURBITACEAE

Genus: Bryonia

Sinònims: Bryonia cretica L. subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin

Catalan common name: Carabassina.

Spanish common name: Nueza blanca.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Hedges. River forests. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Forests and garriques, humid soils.