About
Erinacea anthyllis, the blue hedgehog broom, is a slow-growing, compact, spine-forming evergreen subshrub from the mountains of Spain and North Africa, forming a hard, domed cushion of blue-grey spiny stems to around 30 cm. In late spring, the cushion is studded with small, pea-shaped, blue-violet to lilac flowers. One of the most ornamental of all the prickly cushion plants for a sunny, very well-drained rock garden.
About the genus
Erinacea is a monotypic genus in the pea family (Fabaceae) from the mountains of Spain and North Africa. It forms a hard, domed cushion of blue-grey, spiny stems and produces small, pea-shaped, blue-violet flowers in late spring. A specialist rock garden plant for a sunny, well-drained position.
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