Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch.

Spice Flower detail In the field

Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

Genus: Kickxia

Sinònims: Linaria cirrhosa (L.) Cav.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Castelló.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic silicolous fields. Garriques.

Characteristics: An annual plant with filiform stems; it extends across the ground or can also climb up other plants; it has triangular leaves, but with small ears at the base which give it an arrow-tip shape. The flowers are very small (0.5 mm), and bluish supported by a long leaf-stalk; it flowers well into spring. It lives in moors and small terophitic meadows; it is frequent in non-carbonate soils.