Helianthemum angustatum Pomel

Species Species

Family: CISTACEAE

Genus: Helianthemum

Spanish common name: Jarilla espigada .

Province distribution: Alacant. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Southwestern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Gypsicolous shrubland. Therophytic calicole fields. Dry therophytic grasslands of inland areas, on basic soils, in continental regions not very high but rather cool and rainy.

Characteristics: Annual herb, up to 25 cm. Stems ascending, hirsute. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, flat or slightly revolute, hairy. Inflorescence terminal, unilateral. Flowers very shortly pedunculate, partly hidden by bracts. Outer sepals linear, half as long as the inner ones, which are more or less lanceolate or linear, with reddish veins. Petals 5, shorter than the calyx and yellow. Fruit ellipsoidal, considerably longer than wide.