Hippocrepis comosa L.

Spice Flowers

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Hippocrepis

Catalan common name: Desferracavalls. Ferradura. Herba del ferro.

Spanish common name: Herraduras. Hierba de la herradura. Quebrantaherraduras.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue.