Vulpia ciliata Dumort.

Spice Spike Spike 2 Spikelet

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Vulpia

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. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A small annual cycle Gramineae that lives in garrigue clearings. Like many species of the genus Vulpia, forms a narrow unilateral inflorescence, recognized by its ciliated spikelets, which must be examined against the light or with a magnifying lens. Flowers during the second half of spring.