spartium

These forests and woodlands alternate with extensive steppe grasslands (Stipa tenacissima, Lygeum spartium) and shrub communities (Artemisia herba-alba, Thymelaea hirsuta, Ononistridentata, Helianthemum squamatum, Thymus mastigophorus) resulting a complex mosaic-like landscape.

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

The Ratam (spartium), with delicate white and pink blossoms, was a reminiscence of Tenerife and its glorious crater; whilst a little higher up, the amene Cytisus, flowering with gold, carried our thoughts back to the far past.

The Land of Midian 2003

"The grain was shown to some botanists, who did not immediately recognize it, but thought it to be either a spartium or a vicia."

The Book of the Damned Charles Fort

The Ratam (spartium), with delicate white and pink blossoms, was

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

A rich carpet of verdure extends from the plain of spartium, and the zone of the alpine plants even to the groups of the date tree and the musa, at the feet of which the ocean appears to roll.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The goats of the peak, which are of a deep brown colour, are reckoned delicious food; they browse on the spartium, and have run wild in the deserts from time immemorial.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

A rich carpet of verdure extends from the plain of spartium, and the zone of the alpine plants even to the groups of the date tree and the musa, at the feet of which the ocean appears to roll.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

a deep brown colour, are reckoned delicious food; they browse on the spartium, and have run wild in the deserts from time immemorial.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851