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Chamaecytisus hirsutus
Also called Big Flower Broom
Clustered broom is a low, hairy, deciduous subshrub from south-eastern Europe, valued in gardens for its orange-yellow pea flowers in spring. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it dislikes wet roots.
Chamaecytisus hirsutus (clustered broom or hairy broom) is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Chamaecytisus of the family Fabaceae.
This plant is native to Turkey, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania and France.
Chamaecytisus albus · Chamaecytisus austriacus · Chamaecytisus borysthenicus · Chamaecytisus cassius · Chamaecytisus drepanolobus · Chamaecytisus elongatus · Chamaecytisus eriocarpus · Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus · Chamaecytisus leiocarpus · Chamaecytisus hirsutus subsp. polytrichus · Chamaecytisus proteus · Purple Broom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaecytisus hirsutus 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.
