Laburnum anagyroides

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Common Laburnum

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Laburnum
Species: L. anagyroides
Binomial name
Laburnum anagyroides
Medik.

Laburnum anagyroides Medik. (Common Laburnum) is a species of small trees or large shrubs up to 7 m tall in the genus Laburnum native to Central and Southern Europe. As well as another species in the genus, L. alpinum, and especially the hybrid between them, L. × watereri, it is used as a popular ornamental plant. All parts of the plant contain cytisine and are poisonous if consumed. L. anagyroides blooms in late spring with yellow flowers densely packed in pendulous racemes 10-20 cm (4-8 in) long.

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