Erinacea

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Erinacea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Erinacea (Latin, erinaceus, hedgehog, alluding to the spiny nature of the plant). Leguminosae. A low almost leafless shrub forming dense spiny tufta covered in spring with numerous blue flowers. Deciduous, very spiny: lvs. simple or ternate, pubescent, only present at the end of young branchlets: fls. 1-3, axillary toward the end of the branchlets; calyx tubular, with 5 short teeth, inflated after flowering: petals narrow, long-clawed, claws of the wings and keel adnate to the staminal tube; standard ovate, slightly auriculate at the base: stamens connate: pod oblong, glandular-hairy, 2-valved, 4-6-eeeded.—One species in S. W. Eu. Not hardy N.; likes limestone soil and a sunny position, best adapted to be planted in rockeries. Prop, by seeds. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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