Hippocrepis scabra DC.

Spice

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Hippocrepis

Sinònims: Hippocrepis comosa L. subsp. scabra (DC.) O. Bolòs & Vigo

Catalan common name: Herba del ferro.

Spanish common name: Hierba de la herradura.

Province distribution: Alacant.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Iberic)

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Subdesertic xerosteppes, espartaes. Dry soils.