Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
Family : GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)
Genus : Hyparrhenia
Catalan common name : Fenal. Fenàs. Fenàs de cuca.
Spanish common name : Cerrillo. Triquera borde.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated fields, path and road sides.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A tall plant, normally over a metre, which appears forming carpets, since it has underground rhizomes. It is recognised because the long, yellow or brown spikes are found in pairs and are quite hairy; moreover at the base of the branches which hold the spikelets there is a spathe-shaped bract. It lives in dry, hot places, often on slopes, path-sides and roadsides. It can be in flower almost the whole year round.
