Globularia alypum L.

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Family: GLOBULARIACEAE

Genus: Globularia

Catalan common name: Botja. Corona de frare. Cossiada. Fuixarda. Pixina. Ullastró.

Spanish common name: Cebollada. Corona de rey. Coronilla de fraile. Siemprejunta.

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

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine woodlands and garriques.

Characteristics: Wild senna is a greatly branched shrub which can be distinguished by its flowers which are grouped in blue capitula; it flowers in autumn and winter, and can be found in the ground vegetation of pine woods, sometimes in very open garrigues (Mediterranean woodland) in hot, dry places. When in flower it cannot be mistaken for any other plant.