Fabaceae

Cytisus nigricans L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cytisus

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Cytisus nigricans (Cytisus nigricans) — FlowerPhoto: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 变黑金雀儿, 黑金雀
Czech: Čilimník černající, Čilimníkovec černající
French: Cytise noirâtre
German: Schwarzwerdender Geißklee
Italian: Citiso scuro
Russian: Ракитник чернеющий
Spanish: Ginesta triflora, Godua peluda, Spartocytisus triflorus

Synonyms

Calophaca nigricans (L.) B.Fedtsch.
Cytisus nigricans var. nigricans
Cytisus virgatus Salisb.
Genista nigricans (L.) Scheele
Laburnum nigricans (L.) J.Presl
Lembotropis nigricans (L.) Griseb.
Lembotropis nigricans subsp. nigricans

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 134 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: lubosbrynda, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tekumseh83, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Radovan Víta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.