Echinops ritro L.

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Echinops

Catalan common name: Panical blau.

Spanish common name: Cardo yesquero.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Mountainous oakforest. Oakforest. Gypsicolous shrubland. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Forest border. Quercus coccifera and Rhamnus oleoides continental maquis. Quercus coccifera and Chamaerops humilis litoral maquis. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Mesophyll mountainous grasslands. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Subdesertic xerosteppes, espartaes. Dry soils.