Campanula erinus L.

Spice

Family: CAMPANULACEAE

Genus: Campanula

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Therophytic communities. Cultivated and uncultivated fields.

Characteristics: A small, annual cycle plant; it grows erectly and has very pale blue, almost white, bell-shaped flowers. It lives in dry wasteland and along roadsides. After flowering, the calyx grows and opens up.