Cortaderia selloana (Schultes et Schultes fil.) Asch.

Spice Inflorescence

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Cortaderia

Catalan common name: Gineri. Plomes.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Neotropical

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens and sometimes subespontaneous.

Characteristics: A Graminea reaching great heights, with leaves that hang down, up to 3 m., with serrate borders. The yellowish, or at times even with a pinkish tone, is of great size and, as its name indicates, reminiscent of feathers. Can be often found grown as an ornamental and naturalized.

Observations: This species may have an invasive behaviour in natural areas, the Spanish Cantabrian Coast for example.