Fumana thymifolia (L.) Spach

Spice Fruit detail Flower Fruit In the field

Family: CISTACEAE

Genus: Fumana

Catalan common name: Herba de setge.

Spanish common name: Edrea. Hierba del sillero. Jara tomillo. Tomillo morisco. Tomillo moruno.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

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

Characteristics: A plant with ascending branches, densly glandulous. Leaves are opposite with stipules that emerge from the same point as the leaves, easy mistaken for thes organs, but smaller in size.