Here's a more literal photograph of hedgehog fir than the one previously posted on BPotD. What I like about this photograph is that it shows three stages in cone development. This year's cones are just starting to form on the upper branches, appearing as small bumps in the photo. The most prominent feature in the photograph, last year's cones, are nearing maturity and will soon fall apart. Upon disintegration, the central column of last year's cones will remain; they will join the cone axes from previous years as observers of the continuing cycle.

Further reading on this Spanish native can be found in last year's entry on Abies pinsapo (particularly the link to the Gymnosperm Database entry).

Botany / art resource link: posts labelled Botanical Art at the Making a Mark weblog by Katherine Tyrrell.