Agrostis stolonifera L.

Spice Inflorescence detail

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Agrostis

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Humid soils.

Characteristics: A stoloniferous Gramineae, very robust, can reach up to a metre in height, Inflorescence a single pannicle, loose with evident branching, 1-2 times.

Observations: A common plant to the Balears.