Fabaceae
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cytisus
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- لزان مكنسي, وزال الشيخ, رتم
- arz
- لزان مكنسى
- Asturian
- Escoba
- Belarusian
- Жарновец мяцёлчаты
- Catalan
- Ginesta d'escombres, Cytissus scoparius, Sarothamnus
- Chinese
- 金雀儿, 金雀儿根, 金雀儿（金雀花）, 金雀花
- Corsican
- Emera
- csb
- Diôbli ògón
- Czech
- Janovec metlatý
- Danish
- Almindelig gyvel, Gyvel
- dsb
- Chóšć
- Dutch
- Brem, Bezembrem, Gewone brem
- English
- Broom, Common broom, Scotch broom, English broom, Scots broom
- Estonian
- Harilik luudpõõsas
- Finnish
- Jänönvihma, Jänönpapu
- French
- Genêt à balais, Genet a balais, Sarothamne
- frr
- Beesemskroben
- Galician
- Xesta
- German
- Besenginster, Gewöhnlicher Besenginster, Besenstrauch
- Hebrew
- קיטיסוס רתמי
- hsb
- Chošćowc
- Hungarian
- Seprűzanót
- Irish
- Giolcach shléibhe
- Italian
- Ginestra dei carbonai
- Japanese
- エニシダ, 金雀枝
- Korean
- 양골담초, 금작화
- kw
- Banadhel
- Latvian
- Parastais slotzaris
- li
- Brum
- Lithuanian
- Šluotinis sausakrūmis, Šluotinis raipstas, Zuikiakrūmis, Zuikio rūtai
- Macedonian
- Метлеста жолтица
- mnc
- ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ᠴᡝᠴᡳᡴᡝ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gyvel
- Persian
- رتم جارویی
- Polish
- Żarnowiec miotlasty
- Portuguese
- Giesta
- Russian
- Ракитник венечный
- Slovak
- Prútnatec metlovitý
- Slovenian
- Navadna metla
- Spanish
- Retama negra, Cabestro de oro, Colutea scoparia, Hiniesta blanca, Hiniesta de escobas, Piorno negro
- stq
- Brom
- Swedish
- Harris, Cystisus multiforum, Har-ris, Harginst, Sarothamus scoparius
- Ukrainian
- Рокитник звичайний, Саротамнус вінниковий
- Welsh
- Banadl
- Western Frisian
- Bremerheide, Brem
Synonyms
- Corema scoparium (L.) Bercht. & J.Presl
- Cytisogenista scoparia (L.) Rothm.
- Genista scoparia (L.) Lam.
- Genista scoparia var. vulgaris Rouy
- Genista vulgaris Gray
- Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimm. ex W.D.J.Koch
- Sarothamnus scoparius subsp. scoparius
- Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm.
- Sarothamnus vulgaris var. scoparius (L.) Timb.-Lagr.
- Spartium scoparium L.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 4,359 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guerric Haché, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Heras González, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Luis Camaño, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.