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Chamaecytisus elongatus

Chamaecytisus elongatus
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0

Chamaecytisus elongatus is a small European shrub in the pea family, native to France, the Balkans and parts of central and eastern Europe. It is grown mainly as a hardy garden shrub valued for its yellow pea-type flowers and tolerance of poor, dry soils in full sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants until established, then irrigate only in prolonged drought; it resents waterlogged roots.
Soil
Well-drained, poor to average soil; tolerates lime and sandy or stony ground.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
France, SE. Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Chamaecytisus elongatus, syn. Cytisus elongatus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its native range is Europe, occurring in countries such as France, Bulgaria, Romania and countries of the Northwestern Balkan Peninsula. It has been introduced into the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Other Chamaecytisus plants

Chamaecytisus albus · Chamaecytisus austriacus · Chamaecytisus borysthenicus · Chamaecytisus cassius · Chamaecytisus drepanolobus · Chamaecytisus eriocarpus · Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus · Clustered Broom · Chamaecytisus leiocarpus · Chamaecytisus hirsutus subsp. polytrichus · Chamaecytisus proteus · Purple Broom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaecytisus elongatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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