Fabaceae
Cytisus

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 241 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
Vernacular
Besenginster, Broom, Common Broom, Escoba Negra, Genet A Balais, Giesta, Retama De Escobas, Scotch Broom, Scots Broom, Yellow Broom, Zharkovetz Metelchatyi
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Weed, Wood
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Common Broom

Sources

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images