Elymus pungens (Pers.) Melderis

Spice Detail

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Elymus

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Iberico-balearic)

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Road sides. Humid soils.

Characteristics: A Gramineae with underground stolons, the spikelets are directly attached to the stem, forming an elongated, more or less flattened spike. The entire plant is of a very characteristic pale green or light green in colour. Lives in herb lands, often in wet areas. Flowers in May and throughout summer.