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Keywords: Fabaceae | Erinacea anthyllis Link. | 11974-0117-1975
A different sort of thank you to lead off today's BPotD: thank you to those BPotD readers who attended yesterday's lecture. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing.
Erinacea anthyllis, or hedgehog broom, was previously featured on Botany Photo of the Day in Nov. 2005: Erinacea anthyllis. Its distribution in the western Mediterranean region includes populations in Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada National Park) near Granada, Spain.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at January 22, 2007 12:25 AM
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Posted by: Cody at January 22, 2007 2:25 AM
Erinacea anthyllis - Z8 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Posted by: Beverley at January 22, 2007 6:37 AM
Having quoted Griffiths and posted the above I suggest you refer to the posting in Nov. 2005, clicking on the reference in Daniel's writing and check out the comment of Brent Hine regarding hardiness.
Posted by: Beverley at January 22, 2007 6:41 AM
Cody, thanks for the kind words. You're absolutely right about that link - I've changed it to something more appropriate (I didn't know there were two national parks in the world with the same name). That's what I get for trying to write something when I'm tired after a day with a presentation and travelling. Ah well.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at January 22, 2007 9:04 AM
Sky blue hedgehog bloom
Foliage spiky like a broom
And a hedgehog groom?
Posted by: dale hinton at January 22, 2007 10:52 AM
Is this broom as aggressive as Cytisus scoparius?
Posted by: Eric in SF at January 22, 2007 1:50 PM
Eric, no, not that we've observed in 30+ years of growing it (though of course this information is only applicable locally). It barely even produces seed.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin at January 23, 2007 1:06 AM
Whatever you do, don't pat it! Ouch!
Posted by: Debby at February 4, 2008 11:58 AM
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Daniel,
I love this site. I originally found you over a year ago via the Mac OS X dashboard widget listed on Apple's website, and have been visiting nearly every day since. I've also added a number of plants to my garden that I originally saw here on BPotD and then happened to run across at the local nursery, including a young Melliodendron xylocarpum tree! Thank you for providing these wonderful photos and stories.
In addition to those words of praise, I also have a confused question. The link you posted to the Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada directs to a park in Venezuela, but your text says it is near Granada, Spain. Can you clarify which is correct?