Staehelina dubia L.

Spice

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Staehelina

Catalan common name: Farigola borda. Farigola mascle. Herba flatera. Herba soldadora. Pinzell.

Spanish common name: Borlitas de seda montés. Hierba pincel. Jopillos de seda montés. Manzanilla yesquera. Mata pincel. Tomillo de brocha. yesca.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine woodlands and shady garriques.

Characteristics: A small woody shrub with elongated leaves with a slightly dentate margin, green in colour on the face and greyish on the reverse. The capitula are terminal with purplish involucre bracts.