Podospermum laciniatum (L.) DC.

Spice Detail Flower Fruits In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Podospermum

Sinònims: Scorzonera laciniata L.

Catalan common name: Barball. Escurçonera laciniada.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Dry soils.

Characteristics: An erect plant that branches out to form the capitula at the upper parts of the branches. These capitula are very stylized with erect bracts with reddish tones along the margins. The flowers are yellow in colour. Lives in fields, flowers from April until the beginning of summer.