Mauranthemum paludosum (Poir.) Vogt & Oberpr. subsp. ebusitanum (Vogt) Vogt & Oberpr.

Spice General image In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Mauranthemum

Sinònims: Leucanthemum paludosum (Poir.) Bonnet & Baratte subsp. ebusitanum Vogt

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: ENEndangered

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Pine forests.

Characteristics: A small daisy with capitula with white ligules and yellow central flowers. Leaves are very divided, which distinguishes it from other Bellis species flowering during the same period. Lives in the pine forest clearings in Eivissa, where the subspecies is endemic to the island. Flowers at the end of winter and throughout the spring.