Carex halleriana Asso

Spice Detail

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Carex

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Tree heather maquis and silicolous garigues. Holm oak forest.

Characteristics: A caespitose plant with more than two spikes per stem; normally with one male and the rest females. The lower female spike is upon a large and filiforme peduncle that emerges from the base of the stem. The vesicle surrounding the seeds (utricle) is pubescent and with a beak at the terminal part; the sheath forming bract (glumes) are dark grey with a whitish border.