# Erinus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Erinus alpinus.JPG
|image_caption = ''[Erinus alpinus](/source/Erinus_alpinus)''
|taxon = Erinus
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
|subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
|subdivision =
*''[Erinus alpinus](/source/Erinus_alpinus)''
*''[Erinus thiabaudii](/source/Erinus_thiabaudii)''
}}

'''''Erinus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Plantaginaceae](/source/Plantaginaceae) (previously in the family [Scrophulariaceae](/source/Scrophulariaceae)), [native](/source/native_plant) to stony mountainous sites in North Africa and southern Europe. Some members of the genus have been cultivated  as [ornamental plant](/source/ornamental_plant)s, particularly ''[Erinus alpinus](/source/Erinus_alpinus)'', for which a number of different [cultivars](/source/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](/source/Erinus_alpinus)''
*''[Erinus thiabaudii](/source/Erinus_thiabaudii)''

==References==
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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](/source/Project_Gutenberg)}}

==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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