Broom - Cytisus scoparius
Much branched erect shrub to 2 metres with angled slender green branches and no spines. Flowers golden yellow 16 to 18 mm in leafy spikes and scented; some forms have mauve, reddish to dark red areas on the flowers. Seed pod 25 to 40 mm black when ripe.
Dry sunny habitats, usually at low altitude.
April to June.
Deciduous.
Quite common nationally.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 124 of the 617 tetrads.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Broom
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Fabales
- Family:
- Fabaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 98
- First record:
- 01/01/2007 (Harry Ball)
- Last record:
- 21/01/2025 (Isabel Raval)
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