Hornungia petraea (L.) Rchb. subsp. petraea

Spice Detail fruit In the field

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Hornungia

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Therophytics communities. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: A very small annual plant, only a few centimetres in height. The leaf rosette is completely divided, with a terminal foliol. The flowers are white, diminutive, less than a millimetre in diameter. Inhabits meadows with other annuals, and can be found next to Erophila verna, another diminutive crucifer, although the latter?s leaves are almost completely entire and cannot be confused with the former. Flowers at the end of winter and throughout the spring.