Prospero obtusifolium (Poir.) Speta subsp. intermedium (Guss.) Soldano & F.Conti

Spice Flower Fruit Leaves

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Prospero

Sinònims: Scilla obtusifolia Poiret subsp. intermedia (Guss) McNeill

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. València.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A small bulbous plant. Has linear lanceolate leaves (at times with an undulate margin), distributed to form a basal rosette. Flowers are blue or pink, and emerge forming a long raceme above the vertical axis, when fructifies, forms an upwardly directed capsule. Differs from S. autumnalis as this later species has leaves narrower, canaliculated and lesser in number; additionally the stems are also much shorter.