- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Cytisus Desf.
- Species:
- Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link
Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius

Doubtfully present in:
Idaho
Native to:
Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Azores, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, India, Japan, Kentucky, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Madeira, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Oregon, South Australia, Tasmania, Tennessee, Turkey-in-Europe, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya
- Cytisus andreanus (Puiss.) G.Nicholson
- Cytisus benehoavensis (Bolle) Svent.
- Cytisus glabratus Link
- Cytisus scoparius f. bicolor (Massé) Auvray
- Cytisus scoparius subsp. bourgaei (Boiss.) Rivas Mart. & Fern.Gonz.
- Genista andreana Puiss.
- Genista angulata Poir.
- Genista glabra Spach
- Genista hirsuta Moench
- Genista scoparia var. bicolor Massé
- Genista vulgaris Garsault
- Sarothamnus bourgaei Boiss.
- Sarothamnus eliasii Sennen
- Sarothamnus ericetorum Gand.
- Sarothamnus obtusatus Gand.
- Sarothamnus ochroleucus Gand.
- Sarothamnus oxyphyllus Boiss.
- Spartium angulatum Raf.
- Spartium angulosum Gilib.
- Spartium bourgaei (Boiss.) Samp.
- Spartium glabrum Mill.
- English
- Common Broom
Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Bourgeau, E. [1812], Portugal | Cytisus scoparius subsp. bourgaei | K000654433 | Yes |
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
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