Cicendia filiformis (L.) Delarbre

Spice In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: GENTIANACEAE

Genus: Cicendia

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic silicolous fields. Humid soils on therophytic communities without carbonates.

Characteristics: A minute erect herbaceous plant that at best reaches no more than ten centimetres in height. It has a small rosette of leaves at its base, with leaves opposite attached to the stem. The flowers are solitary and have four yellow petals. Lives in wet acidic soils absent in carbonates. Flowers from May to June.