Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur

Spice

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Consolida

Sinònims: Delphinium ajacis L.

Catalan common name: Banyetes. Banyets. Conillets de jardí. Esperó de cavaller. Palometes.

Spanish common name: Espuela de caballero. Espuela de galán.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Garden plants. Cultivated specie.

Characteristics: A herbaceous plant cultivated as an ornamental and which often naturalizes areas close to these garden spots. Flowers are blue, but also white or pink and have a large spur. Leaves have a rounded margin and divided into very narrow lobes, almost linear. Flowers in spring.