Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Cynosurus echinatus L.
Family : GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)
Genus : Cynosurus
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : April. May. June. July.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Field and road sides.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This Gramene can be recognised because its inflorescence is unilateral, which means all the small spikes are directed towards one side, leaving the rachis uncovered on the other side. The spikelets have long awns which stick out of the panicle. It lives in medows, along path-sides and in grasslands.
