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Broom-like habit
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In a high pasture in the southern Black Forest region
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In a garden setting
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In the wild on Mt. Vitosha in Bulgaria
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Close up of flowers
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After releasing seeds
Genista sagittalis | |
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Flowers | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Genista |
Species: | G. sagittalis
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Binomial name | |
Genista sagittalis | |
Synonyms [2] | |
List
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Genista sagittalis, called the arrow-jointed broom and winged broom, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Genista, native to central and southern Europe, Ukraine, and Anatolia. [2] [3] [4] Its subspecies Genista sagittalis subsp. delphinensis, called rock broom, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [5]
The following subspecies are currently accepted: [2]
Other common names; … hare's foot greenweed, jointed broom
Synonyms; Chamaespartium sagittale 'Minor' … Chamaespartium sagittale subsp. delphinense, Genista delphinensis