Genista
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Genista is a genus of legumes which includes many species of broom. Many of these brooms are notorious as noxious weeds.
Species include:
- Genista aetnensis - Mount Etna broom
- Genista anglica - petty whin, needle furze
- Genista canariensis
- Genista cinerea
- Genista clavata
- Genista corsica
- Genista ephedroides
- Genista falcata
- Genista ferox
- Genista florida
- Genista fragrans
- Genista germanica
- Genista hirsuta
- Genista linifolia - flax broom
- Genista lydia
- Genista maderensis
- Genista microcephala
- Genista monspessulana - French broom
- Genista pilosa
- Genista pulchella
- Genista radiata
- Genista sagittalis
- Genista scorpius - aulaga
- Genista siberica
- Genista splendens
- Genista stenopetala - sweet broom, Easter broom
- Genista sylvestris
- Genista tenera
- Genista tinctoria - dyer's broom, woodwaxen
- Genista tournefortii
- Genista triacanthos
- Genista tridentata
- Genista umbellata
Some brooms in other genera are considered synonymous with Genista, for example, Spanish broom (Spartium junceum syn. Genista hispanica)
