Vulpia geniculata (L.) Link

Spice In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Vulpia

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: An annual Gramineae, with a long-awned spicule; and can be identified by its peduncle, which is much wider at the superior part than at the base. The inflorescence often takes on violet hues. It grows in dry-farmed fields. Flowers at the end of spring.