Capparis spinosa, a tender, sprawling, shrub to 1m tall, bearing round, grey-green leaves to 4cm across. In summer it produces flowers comprised of four white petals surrounding a tuft of white to pink stamens. The unopened flower buds are pickled or salted and eaten as capers, as are the long-stalked, olive-shaped berries (caperberries) Evergreen plant resistant to dry climates, it likes calcareous soils, the unopened flower bud is what is truly marketed on a large scale of this plant.
