Cirsium monspessulanum (L.) Hill

Spice Flower detail

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Cirsium

Catalan common name: Capferrat.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: River forests. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Mulleres de montaña, peat bog, mountainous lakes. Humid soils.