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Erinacea
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Erinacea anthyllis, the blue broom, hedgehog plant, or rushy kidney vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The sole species in genus Erinacea, it is native to stony mountainous places in the western Mediterranean, including the Pyrenees of France and Spain and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is a dwarf, spiny, evergreen shrub growing to a dome shape tall and wide. It has dense foliage, and lilac coloured pea-like flowers in late spring and early summer.
Species
Plains Pricklypear
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: nested within Cytisinae. Erinaceinae Talavera — Erinacea (SW Use: Erinacea anthyllis Link (hedgehog broom) is an attractive
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- CHRB, MNHN, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Morocco
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Erinacea anthyllis, the blue broom, hedgehog plant, or rushy kidney vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The sole species in genus Erinacea, it is native to stony mountainous places in the western Mediterranean, including the Pyrenees of France and Spain and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It is a dwarf, spiny, evergreen shrub growing to a dome shape tall and wide. It has dense foliage, and lilac coloured pea-like flowers in late spring and early summer.
The Latin specific epithet anthyllis highlights the plant's similarity to the related kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erinacea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.