Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Scotch Broom from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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).
JK Marlow jkm0404zc_09
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
A stiffly branched shrub, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm070609_025b
June Pickens County SC
Seedpods are fuzzy on the edges, flattish, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-13-001:
Cytisus scoparius
FAMILY
Fabaceae