Catalan common name : Jonça. Jonça de cordellar. Spanish common
name : Castañuela. Juncia real. menor o redonda. Province
distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón.
Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia. Distribution in the islands
: Cabrera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca. General distribution : Some
regions Flowering time : May. June. July. August. September.
October. November. December. Life-forms : Geophyte. Habitat :
Fields and cultivated zones. IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A rhizomatous plant with small tubercles in
the rhizomes; it colonizes orchards, and also path-sides, even
inside towns. The inflorescences are made up of long, flat,
brownish-red spikelets, which appear on leaf-stalks which look
like radii. The stems are triangular. It is a relatively small
plant, up to 40 cm. Status : Alien species.