Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Dipcadi serotinum (L.) Medic.
Family : LILIACEAE
Genus : Dipcadi
Catalan common name : Marcet.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May. June. July.
Life-forms : Geophyte.
Habitat : Dry soils and rock outcrops.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A small bulbous plant with few leaves, smaller that the stem, flat on the face and curved on the reverse. Flowers that emerge in the spring don’t stand out due their brown colour, but make them alternately in the form of a unilateral raceme. The fruit is a trilobed globose capsule with black coloured seeds.
