| Echinospartum barnadesii | |
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| Echinospartum barnadesii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
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]
In the Iberian Peninsula. [2] In acid soils. Dry, sunny places.
Echinospartum barnadesii was described by (Graells) Rothm. and published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 72: 81. 1941. [3]
Includes two subspecies.
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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