Genista linifolia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Genista linifolia | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Genista linifolia L. |
||||||||||||||
| Synonyms | ||||||||||||||
|
Cytisus linifolius |
Genista linifolia is a species of broom known by the common names flax broom and Mediterranean broom. It is native to southwestern Europe, North Africa, and the Canary Islands, but it can be found on other continents in areas of similar climate, such as California in the United States, and parts of Australia. This is a shrub with hairy green stems and branches which can exceed two meters in height. Its leaves are made up of tough, green, lance-shaped leaflets with woolly undersides. Flowers appear in dense raceme inflorescences toward the ends of the branches. The flowers are bright yellow and pealike. The fruit is a hairy legume pod one to four centimeters long containing several seeds.
