Filago gallica L.

Spice In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Filago

Sinònims: Logfia gallica (L.)Coss et Germ.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A small annual herb, erect, very hairy, but with applied hairs, which gives it a grey hue as happens with all the Filago species; we will distinguish it because the leaves are very narrow and linear, whereas in the other species of this genus they are flat. It lives in moors, above all in places with non-carbonate soils.