Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

Spice Spikelet Image 2 In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Vulpia

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: DDData deficient

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: This Gramineae is characterized by its inflorescence, with all of its spikelets located on one side and pointing up, forming as such a long and skinny unilateral inflorescence. These plants grow upright and are green in colour, but may take on reddish and violet hues. Lives amongst other annuals in meadows, often on soils absent in carbonates.