Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
Family : CYPERACEAE
Genus : Carex
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Gerona.
Distribution in the islands : Minorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : March. April. May. June.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Therophytic silicicolous fields.
IUCN Category : Datos insuficientes
Characteristics : This species of the Carex genus lives only in siliceous soils, in the Balearics it only appears in the North of Menorca. It is characterised by its spikelets which stick out on a long, filiform leaf-stalk which begins at the base of the leaves. The leaves are green and longer than the stem of the inflorescences. We will find it in flower during spring.
