| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 5: 43 (1846) |
| Native Range | c. & e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-1000m |
| Description | spiny, leaves small, pinnate, leaflets oblong to ovate, adaxially finely pubescent, abaxially white pilose, flowers small, apetalous, in short terminal spike |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | green |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Bencomia spinosa (L.) G.Nicholson Poterium spinosum L. Poterium spinosum var. crispum DC. Poterium spinosum var. inerme DC. Sanguisorba spinosa (L.) Bertol. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |