Ornithopus compressus L.
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Genus: Ornithopus
Catalan common name: Ungla de canari.
Spanish common name: Cornicabra.
Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. València.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Formentera.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Terophyte.
Habitats: Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytic communities in dry soils.
Characteristics: An annual cycle herb that lives on soils absent in carbonates, generally in the clearings of garrigues and pine forests. Leaves have many folioles; one of them serves as the terminal and has no mate. Flowers are yellow with a leaf at the base. The fruit is elongate and curved in an arc. Can be distinguished from Ornithopus pinnatus as the latter doesn't have a leaf at the base of the flowers and all leaves have a petiole. Flowers in spring from March to June.