Rumex intermedius DC.

Spice Fruit detail Flower In the field

Family: POLYGONACEAE

Genus: Rumex

Catalan common name: Saladet.

Spanish common name: Acedera.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, garriques, etc

Characteristics: A perennial with a stalk that is thicker at ground surface renews it leaves each year; normally does not grow to more than 50 cm in height. Leaves form a rosette and are arrow-shaped with two narrow and divergent auricles at the base (auriculate). The lamina is also very narrow and often takes on reddish hues. The inflorescence grows upright forming a panicle. Flowers at the end of spring and during the summer.