# Erinacea

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***Erinacea anthyllis***, the **blue broom**, **hedgehog plant**, or **rushy kidney vetch**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). The sole species in [genus](/source/Genus) ***Erinacea***, it is [native](/source/Native_plant) to stony mountainous places in the western Mediterranean, including the [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees) of France and Spain and Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.[2] It is a dwarf, spiny, [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) [shrub](/source/Shrub) growing to a dome shape 30 cm (12 in) tall and wide. It has dense foliage, and lilac coloured pea-like flowers in late spring and early summer.

The Latin [specific epithet](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) *anthyllis* highlights the plant's similarity to the related kidney vetch, *[Anthyllis vulneraria](/source/Anthyllis_vulneraria)*.[3]

## Cultivation

*Erinacea anthyllis* is cultivated as an [ornamental plant](/source/Ornamental_plant). It is best grown in sun, in sharply-drained [alkaline soil](/source/Alkaline_soil) which reproduces the limestone of its native habitat. Once established, it is extremely long-lived.[4][5]

## References

1. [*Erinacea anthyllis* Link](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:493956-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

1. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). *RHS Latin for gardeners*. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.

1. *RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants*. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

1. ["Alpine Garden Society - *Erinacea anthyllis*"](http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Erinacea/anthyllis). Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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