Bupleurum ranunculoides L. subsp. gramineum (Vill.) Hayek

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Bupleurum

Catalan common name: Bupleure ranunculoide. Llebrenca ranunculoide.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Boreo-alpine with a big chorology distribution

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Alpine grasslands.

Characteristics: Rocky alpine meadows and rock fissures or outcrops, in calcareous soils as well as silicics. A small caespitose plant. The leaves are always parallel nerved, usually with 3-5 nerves. The basals are disposed in a rosette and are sublinear, while the caulines are less numerous, slightly more ample and ± amplexicaules. The umbels have 3-15 uneven radii. Common to the Pyrenees, it's very rare in the other territories.