| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista acanthoclada DC. trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Mém. Légum.: 208 (1826) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1200m |
| Description | very ramose, spinose, leaves subsessile, ternate, leaflets linear, sericeous, flowers solitary, calyx sericeous, pod ovate-rhombic, mucronate, sericeous |
| Size | 15-90cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cytisanthus acanthocladus (DC.) Gams Genista acanthoclada f. alpini (Spach) Vierh. Genista acanthoclada f. brugnieri Vierh. Genista acanthoclada ssp. graeca Vierh. Genista alpini Spach Genista brugnieri Spach Genista friedrichsthaliana C.Presl Genista peloponnesiaca Spach Spartium acanthocladum (DC.) Spreng. Spartium horridum Sm. Telinaria acanthoclada (DC.) C.Presl Telinaria friedrichsthaliana C.Presl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |