Saponaria ocymoides L.

Spice Flower detail

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Saponaria

Catalan common name: saponària petita.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): North Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Mountainous oakforest. Oakforest. Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Quercus coccifera and Rhamnus oleoides continental maquis. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Quercus faginea oak wood.