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Iberian Lampwick

Phlomis lychnitis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 66, February 83, March 106, April 447, May 725, June 354, July 104, August 38, September 29, October 57, November 52, December 69.
Spain2,130
Comunidad de Madrid565
France483
Occitanie376
Castilla-La Mancha309
Andalucía284
Cataluña/Catalunya215
Aragón203
Comunitat Valenciana195
Portugal162

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusLampwicks · Phlomis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Iberian Lampwick with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.