| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista echinus Spach trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 2: 249 (1844) |
| Native Range | Kárpathos to sw. & s. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | very ramose, spinose, leaves sessile, ternate, leaflets linear-oblong, sericeous-hirsute, flowers solitary, calyx hirsute, pod ovoid, acute, hirsute |
| Size | 15-85cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | 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 | Genista acanthoclada ssp. echinus (Spach) Vierh. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |