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Cytisus oromediterraneus
Pyrenean broom is a dense, low-growing shrub from high mountain shrublands in the Pyrenees, Iberia and southern France, with small yellow pea flowers in late spring. It grows best in cool, open, sunny sites with well-drained, poor soil.
Cytisus oromediterraneus, the Pyrenean broom, is a shrub species belonging to the family Fabaceae.
In France, Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. In the Peninsula it is very abundant in the Guadarrama Mountains, Sierra de Gredos, Paramera de Ávila, La Serrota, Iberian system, Montes de León, Pyrenees. It also appears in Galicia, Cantabria, Aragon, Catalonia, Castile, Extremadura and Andalusia.
Chamaecytisus proliferus · Broom · Hairy-fruited Broom · Broom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cytisus oromediterraneus 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.
