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Floriferous Greenweed

Genista florida

Floriferous Greenweed
Photo: Balles2601, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

Genista florida, the floriferous greenweed, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae.

Where it grows

It grows in degraded forests, clearings and heaths, in most of the Iberian Peninsula. It prefers dry, acid and nitrogen-poor soils. Resists cold weather well.

Other Genista plants

Thorny Broom · Mt. Etna broom · Petty whin · Genista berberidea · Canary broom · Genista corsica · Genista germanica · Spanish Gorse · Mediterranean broom · Genista lydia · Montpellier Broom · Hairy greenweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genista florida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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