Aphanes floribunda (Murb.) Rothm.

Spice In the field

Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Aphanes

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Terophytic communities of the mountains.

Characteristics: A small annual Rosasea with simple leaves, orbiculate and deeply divided into three lobate segments. Flowers are sessile in small fascicles, situated opposite on the leaves, and a whorl of small flowers (0,-3-0.5 mm.) located on the calyx exterior, a characteristic that is not so evident in A. arvensis.