Spiroceratium bicknellii (Briq.) H. Wolff

Spice Leaf detail

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Spiroceratium

Sinònims: Pimpinella bicknellii Briq.

Catalan common name: Fonollasa borda.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: Balearic Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NTNear threatened

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Rock crevices and cliff faces. Holm oak forest and rock creviceses.

Characteristics: A perennial Umbelliferae (up to 90 cm.) with erect stems and divided leaves with ovate or deltoid folioles with a dentate margin and with the denticle transparent at the margin. Inflorescences are formed in terminal umbels with 5-6 radii without bracts and flowers white in colour. Fruit is hairless. As this species doesn't have hair on the fruits, this is a characteristic that sets this species apart from P. villosa and P. tragium.