Genista stenopetala
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Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel. |
Genista stenopetala (Sweet Broom or Easter Broom; syn. Genista spachiana, Cytisus spachianus) is a broom native to the Canary Islands, on La Palma and Tenerife.
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets 1-3 cm long, narrow elliptic, coated with fine silky, silvery hairs. The flowers are yellow, 1-2 cm long, produced in racemes 5-11 cm long. The fruit is a pod 2-3 cm long.
[edit] References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Genista stenopetala
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.