Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Leontodon tuberosus L.
Family : COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)
Genus : Leontodon
Synonyms : Thrincia tuberosa (L.) DC
Catalan common name : Nualós.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Europa
Flowering time : May. June. July. August. September.
Life-forms : Hemicryptophyte.
Habitat : Therophytic communities and forest.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This is one more of the numerous species of Mediterranean Compositae with yellow capitula; the most reliable way to recognise it is by looking at its roots which are thick and tuberculate. The leaves are wide and dentate, gathered in a basal rosette, the capitula are to be found on a long leaf-stalk which is easily pressed between your fingers. Leontodon taraxocoides is similar, but without tuberous roots and the floral leaf-stalk is compact. It lives on roadsides or in pinewoods, also in dry small meadows.
