Gagea mauritanica Durieu

Spice Flower Leaves In the field

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Gagea

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytic communities.

Characteristics: A small geophyte with a basal leaf rosette stems pilose and finished in a very visible yellow flower the leaf bracts are also pilose). The two leaves that emerge directly from the bulb are caniculate and the rest are flat. At the central part of the basal leaf rosette develop small red bulblets. The underground bulb is covered with ascendant roots.