Fabaceae

Cytisus decumbens (Durande) Spach

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cytisus

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 匍匐金雀儿
Finnish: Suikerovihma
French: Cytise pédonculé, Cytise rampant, Cytise retombant
German: Niederliegender Geißklee, Kissenginster
Icelandic: Flatsópur
Russian: Ракитник стелющийся
Swedish: Krypginst

Synonyms

Corothamnus decumbens (Durande) K.Koch
Corothamnus halleri C.Presl
Euteline decumbens (Durande) Raf.
Genista decumbens (Durande) Willd.
Genista pedunculata subsp. decumbens (Durande) Gams
Spartium decumbens Durande
Spartium halleri Lam.

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.