NameThatPlant.net: Cytisus scoparius

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cytisus scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Scotch Broom from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:

Cytisus scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Scotch Broom

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cytisus scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:
Cytisus scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae

431

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Roadbanks, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in SC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 3(1) leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers in terminal racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

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