Centaurea pectinata L. subsp. pectinata

Spice In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Centaurea

Catalan common name: Barbassa. Caps de nina. Herba tronquera. Travalada.

Spanish common name: Escoba sedeña.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Tree heather maquis and silicolous garigues.

Characteristics: Sparse cork-oak woods, thickets and sandy moors with acid soils. A plant with a languid pilosity, and at times can be deciduous. The cauline leaves are sessile and amplexicauline. The involucre is formed by bracts that finish in a linear appendage, cilate at the margin an non-decurrent for the bractal body. Flowers are pink and not radiant.