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Echinospartum barnadesii

Echinospartum barnadesii
Photo: Gomvelar, CC BY-SA 3.0

Echinospartum barnadesii is a very thorny, cushion-forming shrub from the mountains of central Spain, grown mainly by specialist collectors and botanic gardens. It needs full sun, excellent drainage, and a dry, cool-winter climate to thrive.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry fully between waterings and avoid winter wet.
Soil
Very free-draining, gritty or mineral mix with low fertility.
Temperature
Hardy to around -10 °C in dry conditions; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Spain (Sierra de Gredos)
Climate
subtropical

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Echinospartum barnadesii is a species of plant of the Fabaceae family.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinospartum barnadesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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