Fabaceae
Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Spartium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- وزال, رتم أسلي, وزال أسلي, وزال الشرق
- Armenian
- Կեմենի ճիպոտանման
- arz
- وزال
- azb
- قاتیردیرناغی
- Basque
- Espainiar isats
- Bulgarian
- Спарциум
- Catalan
- Ginesta
- Chinese
- 鷹爪豆, 鹰爪豆, 无叶豆, 鹰爪, 鹰爪花, 日本鹰爪豆
- Corsican
- Ghjuncu
- Croatian
- Brnistra, Žuka
- Czech
- Vítečník sítinovitý
- Dutch
- Bezemstruik
- English
- Spanish broom, Rush broom, Weaver's broom
- Esperanto
- Spartio
- Finnish
- Piiskaherne
- French
- Faux Genêt d'Espagne, Genêtière, Ginestière, Spartier, Spartier faux jonc, Spartier à tiges de jonc, Spartion
- Georgian
- Ესპანური კურდღლისცოცხა
- German
- Pfriemenginster, Binsenginster, Spanischer Ginster
- Greek
- Σπάρτο
- Hebrew
- אחירותם החורש, אחירותם
- Hungarian
- Jeneszter
- Italian
- Ginestra comune, Ginestra di Spagna, Ginestra odorosa, Giunco di Spagna, Pianta della scopa
- Japanese
- レダマ, レタマ, レタマ属, レダマ属
- kab
- Aṭerṭaq
- Macedonian
- Брнистра
- nap
- Inèštra
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Spansk gyvel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Spansk gyvel
- Persian
- طاووسی
- Polish
- Szczodrzenica sitowata
- Portuguese
- Esparto, Espárcio, Giesta-dos-jardins
- Quechua
- Ritama
- Russian
- Метельник, Дрок испанский, Испанский дрок, Метельник прутьевидный, Метельник ситниковый
- scn
- Jinestra, Jnestra
- Serbian
- Žukva, Жуква, Брнистра
- Serbian (Latin)
- Brnistra
- Slovenian
- Navadna žuka, Brnistra, Žuka
- Spanish
- Spartium, Gayomba, Gayumba, Retama de flor, Retama de los jardines, Retama macho
- Swedish
- Spanskginst, Spanskginstsläktet
- Tajik
- Гули товус
- Turkish
- Katırtırnağı
- Welsh
- Banhadlen Sbaen
Synonyms
- Cytisus junceus (L.) Vuk.
- Genista acutifolia Spach
- Genista americana Spach
- Genista hispanica Garsault
- Genista juncea (L.) Scop.
- Genista odorata Moench
- Genista odoratissima Spach
- Spartianthus americanus Steud.
- Spartianthus junceus Link
- Spartium acutifolium Lindl.
- Spartium americanum Meyen
- Spartium japonicum Miq.
- Spartium junceum f. ochroleucum (Sprenger) Rehder
- Spartium junceum f. plenum (Weston) Rehder
- Spartium junceum unranked ochroleucum Sprenger
- Spartium junceum var. flore-pleno Carrière
- Spartium junceum var. plenum Weston
- Spartium ochroleucum Sprenger
- Spartium odoratissimum D.Don ex Steud.
- Spartium odoratum Dulac
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 1,904 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pedro Zorrilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: rappman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosangela Palmieri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naturalista, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Industrees, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Burgholzer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Spartium
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.