Chenopodium murale L.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: CHENOPODIACEAE

Genus: Chenopodium

Catalan common name: Blet de paret.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

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, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: Chenopodium murale is always present where there are disturbed areas: roadsides, rubbish dumps, waste areas, abandoned gardens, small islets with seagull colonies, etc. It has striate, angular stalks, the leaves are lobulate and divided; the plant often takes on reddish colours.