Tripolium pannonicum (Jacq.) Dobrocz subsp. tripolium (L.) Greuter

Spice In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Tripolium

Sinònims: Aster tripolium L. subsp. pannonicus (Jacq.) Soó

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Terophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian.

Characteristics: An herbaceous plant particular to wet areas, grows upright, more or less a metre above ground, leaves are narrow and lanceolate. The best character for identification are the capitula, with violet ligules and yellow central flowers; in the habitats in which this species is found there are not other composites with these flower colour characteristics.