Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják

Spice Inflorescence detail In the field

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Scirpoides

Sinònims: Scirpus holoschoenus L.

Catalan common name: Jonc. Jonc boval.

Spanish common name: Junco. Junco común.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

Uses and properties: Furniture, construction and tools.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Marshes and intermittent watercourses.

Characteristics: This plant resembles a Juncus, although it belongs to another family. We can tell them apart because the stems of this species are soft and we can crush them between our fingers, while those of the Juncus are full and hard. The inflorescences are spherical, brown in colour, and develop atop of peduncles, each one a different size.