Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Senecio cineraria DC.
Family : COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)
Genus : Senecio
Catalan common name : Cinerària. Donzell de mar.
Spanish common name : Cenicera marítima. Cenicienta. Cenizo. Cineraria.
Province distribution : Balearic Islands. Gerona.
Distribution in the islands : Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
Flowering time : June. July.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Naturalitzada a les costes rocoses, cultivada als jardins.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A bush with lobed leaves, with the lobules also fully divided, white on the reverse and green on the obverse, giving the leaf a strong contrast between the two sides. The capitula are several centimetres in diameter with yellow flowers. Lives in littoral communities often are from populations that have escaped from backyard gardens. Flowers in the spring until the beginning of summer.
Status : Alien species.
