Echinospartum barnadesii

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Echinospartum barnadesii
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Echinospartum barnadesii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Echinospartum
Species:
E. barnadesii
Binomial name
Echinospartum barnadesii
(Graells) Rothm.

Echinospartum barnadesii is a species of plant of the Fabaceae family.

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Description

Very thorny, rounded, branched shrub, forming cushions close to the ground. Branches are opposite and grooved. Trifoliate opposite leaves, with narrowly lanceolate leaflets. The flowers are at the end of the branches, gathered in tight clusters of 3 to 9. Yellow corolla, butterfly-shaped, with a silky exterior. Flowers during the summer. [1]

Distribution and habitat

Echinospartum barnadesii subps. dorsisericeum in Teleno, Leon El Teleno pizarras.jpg
Echinospartum barnadesii subps. dorsisericeum in Teleno, León

In the Iberian Peninsula. [2] In acid soils. Dry, sunny places.

Taxonomy

Echinospartum barnadesii was described by (Graells) Rothm. and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 72: 81. 1941. [3]

Etymology

Subspecies

Includes two subspecies.

Synonymy

Common names

In Spanish: acebilla, ardivella, ardivieja, ardiviella, aulaga, bolaga, cambrión, cambronera, cambrón, cambrón, erizo, erizón, escambrión, escambruñeiro, escambrón, espino, espino cambrión, espino cambrón, espino escambrión, espino escambrón, espinu escambrión, gatuña. [5]

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References

  1. Penas, A.; Diez, J.; Llamas, F.; Rodríguez, M. Plantas Silvestres de Castilla y León (in Spanish). Valladolid: Ámbito. ISBN   84-86770-40-8.
  2. 1 2 López González, Ginés A. (2007). Guía de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares (3rd ed.). Madrid: Mundi-Prensa. ISBN   84-8476-312-9.
  3. "Echinospartum barnadesii". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. "Flora Vascular".
  5. 1 2 "Echinospartum barnadesii". Real Jardín Botánico. Proyecto Anthos. Retrieved March 31, 2013.