Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter
Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)
Genus: Dittrichia
Sinònims: Inula viscosa (L.) Ait.
Catalan common name: Olivarda.
Spanish common name: Olivarda. Pulguera valenciana.
Province distribution: Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean
Uses and properties: Aromatic.
IUCN Category: Least concern
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte. Semicaducifolious.
Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.
Characteristics: False yellowhead is a small bush covered in yellow flowers in autumn, it is a species which colonises abandoned fields, roadsides and disturbed places. This plant gives off a particular smell which some people consider unpleasant. There are other yellow Compositae which can coexist with false yellowhead. Dittrichia graveolens looks like it but has much smaller flowers and leaves; sow thistles (Sonchus spp.) are herbaceous.