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Leafy broom

Genista stenopetala

Also called Madeira Broom, Sweet Broom

Leafy broom
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Canary Is., Cape Verde (Fogo)
Climate
subtropical

About

Genista stenopetala, the sweet broom, Easter broom or leafy broom (syn. Genista spachiana, Cytisus spachianus), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Canary Islands, on La Palma and Tenerife.

Other Genista plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genista stenopetala 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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