Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Agrostemma githago L.
Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Genus : Agrostemma
Catalan common name : Ballaruma. Clavell de blat. Clavell de moro. Herba de git. Herba de la geneta. Niella. Niella de blat.
Spanish common name : Candelaria. Clavel de asno. Esturbión. Negrilla. Negrillón. Neguilla. Ojo de Cristo.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Holoartica
Flowering time : March. April. May. June. July.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Dry soils and uncultivated fields.
Uses and properties : Tòxica.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : An erect plant, (up to 100 cm.) annual with a thin and pilose stem. The leaves are opposite, lacking a petiole and lanceolate. Flowers are solitary with a tubular calyx and ending in five narrow, very long and characteristic terminal segments. The flower is pink to violet and the fruit is in the shape of a capsule and covered by a calyx.
Status : Alien species.
