Pallenis spinosa (L.) Cass. var. spinosa

Spice Inflorescence

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Pallenis

Catalan common name: Gravit. L'ull de bou. Pares-i-fills.

Spanish common name: Castañuela.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

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

Characteristics: An upright plant, with a basal leaf rosette with also leaves atop of the stems. Leaves are lanceolate, covered with hairs that give it a greyish colour. The capitulum has orange-yellow flowers. The var. tipica is told apart from the var. gymnesica as it is much taller and the flowers are not lemon yellow.