Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Burnat) P. W Ball & Heyw.

Spice Flower

Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Genus: Petrorhagia

Sinònims: Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W. Ball et Heywood subsp. nanteuilii (Burnat) O. Bolòs et Vigo

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

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

Characteristics: A small annual herbaceous plant forund in dryfields and terraphytic fields. Leaves are linear and opposite. Can be indentified by its flowers, which have rose-coloured petals and are grouped at the top of the plant, all encicled by bract leaves with a straw texture. Flowers close to the beginning of summer.