{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - SANT MAMET.JPG | display_parents = 2 | genus = Erinacea | parent_authority = Tourn. ex Adans. (1793) | species = anthyllis | authority = Link (1831)<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''Erinacea anthyllis'' subsp. ''anthyllis'' *''Erinacea anthyllis'' subsp. ''schoenenbergeri'' {{small|Raynaud}} | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493956-1 ''Erinacea anthyllis'' Link]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 23 August 2023.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Anthyllis erinacea'' {{small|L. (1753)}} * ''Erinacea erinacea'' {{small|(L.) Asch. & Graebn. (1907), not validly publ.}} * ''Erinacea pungens'' <small>Boiss. (1840), nom. superfl.</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Erinacea anthyllis''''', the '''blue broom''', '''hedgehog plant''', or '''rushy kidney vetch''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The sole species in genus '''''Erinacea''''', it is native to stony mountainous places in the western Mediterranean, including the Pyrenees of France and Spain and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.<ref name = powo/> It is a dwarf, spiny, evergreen shrub growing to a dome shape {{convert|30|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall and wide. It has dense foliage, and lilac coloured pea-like flowers in late spring and early summer.
The Latin specific epithet ''anthyllis'' highlights the plant's similarity to the related kidney vetch, ''Anthyllis vulneraria''.<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}</ref>
==Cultivation== ''Erinacea anthyllis'' is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is best grown in sun, in sharply-drained alkaline soil which reproduces the limestone of its native habitat. Once established, it is extremely long-lived.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alpine Garden Society - ''Erinacea anthyllis''|url=http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Erinacea/anthyllis|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - MONTSEC - IB-487 (Eriçó).jpg|Montsec de Rúbies, foothills of the Pyrenees File:ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - L'ALZINA-3.JPG|Close-up of flowers File:ERINACEA ANTHYLLIS - ROCA ALTA.JPG|Graell de Roca Alta, Montsec </gallery>
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