Misopates orontium (L.) Rafin.

Spice Flower detail Flower Fruit

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Misopates

Sinònims: Antirrhinum orontium L.

Catalan common name: Cap-de-mort. Gossets.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Dry soils and cultivated fields.

Characteristics: A small erect herb, very slightly branched; it forms a spikelet of pinkish flowers at the top. The leaves are opposite and the stalk has a square cross section. It is the wild ?dragon?s mouth?, and is much smaller than Anthirrhinum majus which is grown in gardens.