Piorno or piorna, is a way to call a small shrub, very branched and usually with thorns. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It is also known as gatuña, cambronera, cambrón, hedgehog, hawthorn, escambrón. Its scientific name is Echinospartum barnadessi and belongs to the fabaceae family.
Piorno: ( alistana Word ) creeping, highly branched shrub, with many snacks fine to defend themselves against animals, which dry crushed with shoes and is very useful for lighting a fire. In spring it is filled with yellow flowers. Echinospartum barnadessi is scientifically called. Elsewhere they call it also cambrón, Fabaceae, escambrion, Hawthorn cambrion, acebilla, ardivieja...
