{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Erinus alpinus.JPG |image_caption = ''Erinus alpinus'' |taxon = Erinus |authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = *''Erinus alpinus'' *''Erinus thiabaudii'' }}
'''''Erinus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae (previously in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to stony mountainous sites in North Africa and southern Europe. Some members of the genus have been cultivated as ornamental plants, particularly ''Erinus alpinus'', for which a number of different cultivars are available.<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>
==Species== *''Erinus alpinus'' *''Erinus thiabaudii''
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==Further reading== * {{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528175354/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4386 ''Erinus''.] GRIN.
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Category:Plantaginaceae Category:Plantaginaceae genera
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