Fabaceae

Mt. Etna broom

Genista aetnensis (Biv.) DC.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Genista

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Mt. Etna broom: Etna broom tree growing on Mount Etna — Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 意大利染料木
English: Mt. Etna broom
German: Ätna-Ginster
Polish: Janowiec etneński
Welsh: Banhadlen Etna

Synonyms

Cytisanthus aetnensis (Raf.) Cristof. & Feoli
Cytisanthus etnensis (Raf.) Cristof. & Feoli
Dendrospartum aetnense (Biv.) Spach
Drymospartum aetnense (Biv.) C.Presl
Lugaion etnense (Raf.) Raf.
Spartium aetnensis Biv.
Spartium etnensis Raf.

Flowers

In flower: June to July, September (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by angelofer@aliceposta.it, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Girolamo Giardina uploaded by Esculapio, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, 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.