Genista tinctoria L.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Genista

Catalan common name: Ginesta de tintorers. Ginestola. Ginestola tinctòria.

Spanish common name: Hiniesta de tintes. Retama de los tintoreros. Retama de tintes.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Uses and properties: Dye industry. Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Mesophyll mountainous grasslands.