Erinacea anthyllis Link

Spice Flowers detail In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Erinacea

Sinònims: Erinacea pungens Boiss.

Catalan common name: Coixinet de monja. Eriçó.

Spanish common name: Cojín de pastor. Erizón.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Mountainous oakforest. Pinus sylvestris forest. Xero-acanthic shrubs of the mountanous regions, and steppe-grasslands of Ampelodesmos mauritanica. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Meso-xerophyll mountain fields. Mountain plant. Stony soils and road sides.