Fumana ericoides (Cav.) Gandg.

Spice Flower Fruit

Family: CISTACEAE

Genus: Fumana

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

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

Characteristics: A small bush with dispersed branches, without forming a compact shrub; it has linear, cylindrical, rigid leaves. It produces yellow flowers which stand out very much among the folliage of pine woods or garrigues (Mediterranean woodland). It can be mistaken for other species of Fumana, especially Fumana thymifolia, although the latter has leaves with stipules, giving the appearance that the leaves appear in groups of three (one leaf and two, slightly smaller, stipules).