Helianthemum salicifolium (L.) Guss.

Spice Flower Fruit In the field

Family: CISTACEAE

Genus: Helianthemum

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: A pilous and small sized plant that develops very showy terminal flowers, yellow in colour and with the appearance of cigarette paper. The inferiour leaves are opposite. The fruiting pedicel is patent (perpendiular to the stem) and arched towards the top of the apex.