Kundmannia sicula (L.) D. C.

Spice In the field

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Kundmannia

Catalan common name: Estaca-rossins. Fonollassa.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Fields and road sides.

Characteristics: An herbaceous plant found in fields at the end of spring, has fairly large umbels with yellow flowers; leaves are composite with wide leaves that remind one of those of the celery plant. Fennel is also an Umbelliferae with yellow flowers, but it ears no other resemblance, as it flowers much latter on in the year and its leaves are divided into deep, irregular lobes.