Fabaceae
Purple broom
Chamaecytisus purpureus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecytisus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Danish
- Purpur-Gyvel
- English
- Purple broom
- German
- Purpur-Zwergginster, Roter Geißklee
- Polish
- Szczodrzeniec purpurowy
- Slovenian
- Rdeča relika
Synonyms
- Chamaecytisus mitrushii F.K.Mey.
- Cytisus elongatus André
- Cytisus purpureus Scop.
- Cytisus purpureus f. albocarneus (G.Kirchn.) Zabel
- Cytisus purpureus f. albus (G.Kirchn.) Zabel
- Cytisus purpureus f. atropurpureus (K.Koch) Zabel
- Cytisus purpureus f. carneus Rehder
- Cytisus purpureus f. elongatus (André) Rehder
- Cytisus purpureus f. erectus (K.Koch) C.K.Schneid.
- Cytisus purpureus f. pendulus (Jacob-Makoy) Dippel
- Cytisus purpureus unranked elongatus André
- Cytisus purpureus var. aeolicus Asch. & Graebn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. albiflorus G.Don
- Cytisus purpureus var. albocarneus G.Kirchn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. albopurpureus André
- Cytisus purpureus var. albus G.Kirchn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. amsantinus G.Kirchn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. atropurpureus K.Koch
- Cytisus purpureus var. erectus K.Koch
- Cytisus purpureus var. erectus (K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. incarnatus-major G.Kirchn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. incarnatusmajor G.Kirchn.
- Cytisus purpureus var. minor W.D.J.Koch
- Cytisus purpureus var. pendulus Jacob-Makoy
- Cytisus purpureus var. villosus Regel
- Genista purpurea (Scop.) Scheele
- Laburnum purpureum (Scop.) Drapiez
- Viborgia purpurea (Scop.) Moench
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.