Thapsia villosa L.

Spice Detail fruit Flower detail In the field

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Thapsia

Catalan common name: Fonollassa groga. Tàpsia comuna.

Spanish common name: Candileja.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Quercus coccifera and Rhamnus oleoides continental maquis. Quercus coccifera and Chamaerops humilis litoral maquis.