Dorycnium hirsutum (L.) Ser.

Spice Detail fruit Fruit

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Dorycnium

Catalan common name: Botja peluda. Guixola. Trèvol pelut.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Garriques.

Characteristics: This bush is covered by silky hairs, and is also characterised by having five of the leaflets on the leaves seated, looking like five leaves together on the stalk. The flowers are whitish and much larger than the ones of Dorycnium pentaphyllum, from which it can also be distinguished because its hairiness is patent and clearly visible rather than applied to the surface.