Oxalis pes-caprae L.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: OXALIDACEAE

Genus: Oxalis

Catalan common name: Fel i vinagre. Flor d'Avellana. Vinagrella.

Spanish common name: Agrios.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: This plant originally from South Africa, has colonized a greater part of the cultivated fields of the Balearic Islands and even can be found within the natural vegetation communities. The leaves are unmistakeable, trifoliate with heart-shaped folioles atop of a petiole almost 20 cm in length; its yellow flower is also very characteristic, the flowering period is during the winter.