Helichrysum serotinum Boiss.

Spice

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Helichrysum

Sinònims: Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don fil. subsp. serotinum (Boiss.) P. Fourn.

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

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Rocky coastlines. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Dry and stony soils. Garriques.

Characteristics: Small subshrub, ashgreen in colour with yellow capitula grouped into terminal globular inflorescences supported by long peduncles. Differs from the rest of the species of the same genus for its linear, narrow and very long leaves; additionally, the external involcre bracts are smaller and more rigid than the internals.

Observations: In Girona lives the var. libanotis.