Bellis sylvestris Cyr.

Spice Capitulum detail In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Bellis

Catalan common name: Margalida. Margalideta. Margaridoia. Primavera.

Spanish common name: Bellorita. Consuelda menor. Margarita.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue.

Characteristics: This daisy flowers in winter and lives in forested areas, especially pines, have a rosette of basal leaves and the capitula arise over a large peduncle. It can be easily distinguished from Bellis annua because it does not have leaves attached to the stem and the flowers are clearly much larger.