Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Scotch Broom from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cytisus scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Cytisus scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:
Cytisus scoparius FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cytisus scoparius
COMMON NAME:
Scotch Broom
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JK Marlow jkm0404zc_01
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers bright yellow, in terminal racemes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0404zc_09
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
A stiffly branched shrub, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm070609_025b
June Pickens County SC
Seedpods are fuzzy on the edges, flattish, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).
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Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_1196110
Month Unknown
Twigs angled or flanged, green. Lower leaves trifoliate, upper oft unifoliate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org bug_5307029
Month Unknown
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5447440
Month Unknown
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5447455
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5447461
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Nisa Karimi, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org bug_5506115
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cytisus scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Cytisus scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cytisus scoparius
431
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Roadbanks, woodland borders, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in SC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 3(1) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p079
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p078
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p106
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p128
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