Geropogon hybridus (L.) Sch.Bip.

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Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Geropogon

Sinònims: Tragopogon hybridus L.

Catalan common name: Cama serrada. Cuixes de burbera.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: An erect plant that finishes into a capitulum of rose or lilac coloured flowers. The leaves are linear, and resemble those of a monocot. The stems remain bound just below the capitula. The bracts are very elongate and open outwards in the shape of a star. Can be identified by its external achenes, which have a few rigid bristles, in contrast to the central ones, which form a feathery tuft. For Tragopogon porrifolius, to the contrary, all achenes are the same size and shape. Flowers from May during the end of spring.