Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb. subsp. chamaepitys

Spice In the field

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Ajuga

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A Labiate that's easy to recognize, its yellow flowers have a solitary inferior lip with many pilouse tripartite leaves.

Observations: There are only two species of this gender in the Balearic Islands, A. iva with lobate leaves and A. chamaepitys subsp. chamaepitys with tripartite leaves.