Anthemis maritima L.

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Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Anthemis

Catalan common name: Camamilla de mar.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Girona. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Rocky coastlines.

Characteristics: This is one of the few woody daisies we have in the Balearics but it is not a very tall bush (around 0.5 m high). It has greatly divided leaves which are slightly fleshy and covered in glands. It lives on the coast, both in rocky soils and in the dunes. It flowers at the beginning of spring and the beginning of summer.