Species name:

Spartium junceum

Taxonomy

Species

junceum

Nomenclature Melissopalynology

Spartium junceum

Classifier

L.

Distribution

America, Hawaii, Europe, Africa, Japan, South Australia and New Zealand

Utility

It is widely commercialized as an ornamental and hedging plant, it is also suitable plant for erosion control. It is also cultivated for its essential oils. Its fibres have been used to make cloth and it produces a yellow dye. Phytotherapy and Medicine. Biodiversity.

Flowering time

V - VII

Pollen colour

Yellow

Pollen

+

Nectar

+

Pollen characteristic