Fabaceae

Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Calicotome

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Calicotome spinosa (Calicotome spinosa) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (18)

Arabic: قندول شوكي, أروزي, الدارشيشغان, القندول, القندولي, دارشيشغان, عود البرق, قندول
ary: أروزي
arz: قندول شوكى
Basque: Isats arantzadun
Catalan: Argelaga negra, Argegalosa, Bàlec
Chinese: 多刺金雀花
Corsican: Ghjinestra, Calycotome spinosa
Danish: Håret Torngyvel
French: Cytise épineux
German: Stacheliger Dornginster
Italian: Calycotome spinosa, Sparzio spinoso
kab: Azzu
Norwegian Bokmål: Torngyvel
sc: Tirìa
scn: Calycotome spinosa, Alastra
Sindhi: ڪانڦل
Spanish: Aliaga, Aliaga espinosa, Argelaga negra, Aulaga espinosa, Calycotome spinosa, Cambrona
Welsh: Calycotoma spinosa, Calycotome spinosa

Synonyms

Calicotome fontanesii Rothm.
Calicotome spinosa f. albiflora Batt. ex Maire
Calicotome spinosa subsp. ligustica Burnat
Calicotome spinosa subsp. spinosa
Calicotome spinosa var. leptocarpa Pau
Calicotome spinosa var. ligustica Burnat
Calicotome spinosa var. opistholepis Rothm.
Cytisus spinosus (L.) Lam.
Genista spinosa Pollini
Laburnum spinosum (L.) J.Presl
Lygoplis spinosum (L.) Raf.
Spartium spinosum L.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 128 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pere Barnola, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by angelofer@aliceposta.it uploaded by User:Esculapio, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by angelofer@aliceposta.it uploaded by User:Esculapio, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.