Lavatera punctata All.

Spice Flower - fruit detail

Family: MALVACEAE

Genus: Lavatera

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated and uncultivated fields.

Characteristics: This an uncommon Malvacea, of annual lifecycle, can be found in dry-farmed fields at the beginning of summer. Can be recognized by its solitary lilac-rose flowers, with a very large calyx. Leaves are trilobate with acute lobes. Lavatera trimestris lives in the same areas and is also an annual, but has cordiform upper leaves.