Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link, 1822

Common names

🇬🇧 Broom
🇫🇷 Cytise à balais, Genêt à balais, Sarothamne à balais, Juniesse

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Cytisus
Species: Cytisus scoparius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. scoparius subsp. insularis (S.Ortiz & Pulgar) Auvray, 2013;
C. scoparius subsp. maritimus (Rouy) Heywood, 1959, P;
C. scoparius subsp. reverchonii (Degen & Hervier) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart., 1971, I;
C. scoparius subsp. scoparius (L.) Link, 1822, P.

Photographs

img/cytisus-scoparius.webp — Cytisus scoparius

img/cytisus-scoparius-2.webp — Cytisus scoparius

img/cytisus-scoparius-3.webp — Cytisus scoparius

img/cytisus-scoparius-4.webp — Cytisus scoparius

img/cytisus-scoparius-6.webp — Cytisus scoparius - Immature pods

img/cytisus-scoparius-5.webp — Cytisus scoparius - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 720). Biotope.