''Echinospartum'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. It contains five species of shrubs and subshrubs native to France, Spain, and Portugal. Plants typically grow on open and exposed mountain slopes and in rocky areas.''Echinospartum'' (Spach) Fourr.
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Species

''Echinospartum'' comprises the following species: *'' Echinospartum barnadesii'' – Spain (Sierra de Gredos) * '' Echinospartum boissieri'' (Spach) Rothm. – southeastern Spain * '' Echinospartum horridum'' (M. Vahl) Rothm. – Pyrenees and south-central France *'' Echinospartum ibericum'' Rivas Mart., Sánchez Mata & Sancho – Spain and Portugal ** subsp. ''algibicum'' (Talavera & Aparicio) Rivas Mart. – Spain (Sierra de Grazalema) ** subsp. ''ibericum'' Rivas-Martínez, Sánchez-Mata –northwest and central Iberia * '' Echinospartum lusitanicum'' (L.) Rothm. – central Portugal to west-central Spain

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Taxonomia
Genisteae Fabaceae genera Flora of Southwestern Europe {{Faboideae-stub