Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri subsp. columnae

Spice Fruit detail Flower Fruit In the field Seeds

Family: IRIDACEAE

Genus: Romulea

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Therophytic calicole fields. Fields and garriques. Path sides.

Characteristics: Small bulbous plants with leaves that appear to emerge directly form the earth. Very similar to Romulea columnae var. immaculata, but this later has white coloured flowers while subsp. columnae has flowers of the same shape but violet in colour.