| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Echinospartum horridum (Vahl) Rothm. trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 80 (1941) |
| Native Range | sc. France to Pyrenees |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-2200m |
| Description | branches grey-green, apically with sharp spine, leaves trifoliolate, grey-green, sericeous, flowers in small, terminal heads |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 horridus (Vahl.) Gams Cytisanthus horridus var. lugdunensis P.Fourn. Cytisus tragacanthiformis Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Echinospartum lugdunense (Jord.) Fourr. Genista cosoniaca Bernardin ex Gand. Genista erinacea Gilib. Genista horrida (Vahl) DC. Genista horrida f. erinacea (Gilib.) Rouy Genista lugdunensis Jord. Lygoplis horridum (Vahl) Raf. Spartium horridum Vahl Spartium radiatum Vill. Telinaria horrida (Vahl) C.Presl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |