Neatostema apulum (L.) I.M.Johnst.

Spice Flower detail In the field

Family: BORAGINACEAE

Genus: Neatostema

Sinònims: Lithospermum apulum (L.) Vahl

Spanish common name: Chupamiel dorado. Viborezno.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic fields.

Characteristics: An annual that lives in wastelands and dry pastures. Known by its inflorescences, which are in the shape of a scorpion's tail, with yellow flowers. The entire plant, and flowers, is covered with hairs more or less rigid to the touch.