Asarina procumbens Mill.

Spice In the field

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Asarina

Sinònims: Antirrhinum asarina L.

Catalan common name: Asarina.

Spanish common name: Asarina.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Boreo- alpine (Arctic-alpine)

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces.

Characteristics: Fissures and outcrops of silicic rocks, in shady places. A sticky plant with creeping stems. The leaves are crenate-lobulate, reniforme and palmatinerved. The flowers are axillary and solitary: they are yellowish-white in colour with pink striations. The corolla is bialbiate, personate and gibate at the base.