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Chamaecytisus eriocarpus is a low, shrubby legume from the Balkans and western Turkey, grown mainly as a hardy garden shrub in well-drained, sunny spots. Give it full sun and good drainage, and it needs little care once established.
Chamaecytisus eriocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the majority of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey, with varying native occurrence on the Greek islands.
As of August 2025, Plants of the World Online accepted two subspecies:
Chamaecytisus albus · Chamaecytisus austriacus · Chamaecytisus borysthenicus · Chamaecytisus cassius · Chamaecytisus drepanolobus · Chamaecytisus elongatus · Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus · Clustered Broom · Chamaecytisus leiocarpus · Chamaecytisus hirsutus subsp. polytrichus · Chamaecytisus proteus · Purple Broom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaecytisus eriocarpus 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.
