Helictochloa crassifolia (Font Quer) Romero Zarco

Spice Leaves In the Sóller Botanical Garden

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Helictochloa

Sinònims: Avenula crassifolia (Font Quer) Holub, J.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rock creviceses and cliff faces.

Characteristics: A Graminea that is very similar to A. bromoides with fleshy leaves and densely pubescent basal sheaths. The awns, differing from A. bromoides, do not fold when mature.

Observations: This is Eivissian endemic that leaves in the rock crevasses of cliffs.