{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = ''Calicotome spinosa'' | status = {{StatusSecure}} | image = Calycotome spinosa.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Fabales | familia = Fabaceae | subfamilia = Faboideae | genus = ''Calicotome'' | species = '''''C. spinosa''''' | binomial = ''Calicotome spinosa'' | binomial_authority = (L.) Link }} '''''Calicotome spinosa''''' (known as '''thorny broom''' or '''spiny broom''') is a very spiny, densely-branched Shrub of the Legume family Fabaceae which can reach up to three metres in height. It grows in the Western Mediterranean region on sunny slopes and dry, rocky ground. It is found in Spain, France, Italy and Algeria and has been introduced to New_Zealand. From March to June it produces bright yellow flowers which are borne singly or in small clusters. The seed-pods are 30mm long and are almost hairless, unlike those of the similar species ''Calicotome_villosa''. ==References== *David Burnie (1995) Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean. ISBN 0-7513-2761-1 *Oleg Polunin & B. E. Smythies (1973) Flowers of South-West Europe:a field guide. ISBN 0-19-217625-0 *T. G. Tutin ''et al.'' (1968) Flora Europaea, Volume 2. ISBN 0-521-06662-X Category:Faboideae Ca:Argelaga Cy:Calicotome_spinosa De:Stacheliger_Dornginster It:Calycotome_spinosa {{legume-stub}}