Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Piré

Spice

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Stellaria

Sinònims: Stellaria media (L.) subsp. pallida (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.

Catalan common name: Morró.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Castelló. Lleida. València.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Sandy soils, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: A herbacous species belonging to the herblands, often in disturbed landscapes. Leaves do not have hairs, and are a fresh green in colour. Leaves are ovate and with petioles. The flowers lack petals, which is unlike Stellaria media. The classification of these species, like the majority of the small sized Cariofilacae, always good to use a botanical classification key.