Filago congesta Guss.

Spice Capitulums Detail In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Filago

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Path and road sides.

Characteristics: A very branched herb which grows along the ground, generally in trodden places. Like all the Filago the leaves are densely covered in hairs; which gives this herb a whitish colour. The capitula are gathered in several spherical glomerules. It can be found in spring. Filago pyramidata can coincide in the same places, but is generally an erect plant and does not form as many glomerules, but a reliable identification requires floral features and a classification key.