A plant of dry grassland, Pallenis spinosa, is a resilient species which is welcomed into many Mediterranean gardens*, because of its interesting bright greenish yellow flower heads surrounded by a star of green bracts.

It belongs to the small genus Pallenis, which has only 10 recognised taxa (species and subspecies).

*See Mediterranean Garden Society Forum: http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=889.0