Fabaceae
Hairy-fruited broom
Cytisus striatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cytisus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Dutch
- Gestreepte brem
- English
- Hairy-fruited broom, Striated broom
- Galician
- Xesta molar
- mwl
- Scoba albar, Scoba amarielha
- Portuguese
- Giesta amarela, Giesta, Giesta-amarela, Giesteira-das-serras, Maia, Escoba negral, Giesta negral
- Spanish
- Cytisogenista welwitschii, Escoba merina, Escoba portuguesa, Escoba rubial, Escobon morisco, Escobón morisco, Tamariz
- Welsh
- Banhadlen godflewog
Synonyms
- Cytisus patens Murray
- Cytisus pendulinus L.f.
- Cytisus welwitschii (Boiss. & Reut.) A.B.Jacks.
- Genista pendulina Lam.
- Genista striata Hill
- Sarothamnus patens prol. procerum (Willd.) Samp.
- Sarothamnus striatus (Hill) Samp.
- Spartium striatum (Hill) Samp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.