Cytisus scoparius, Common Broom, Scotch Broom - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Scotch broom, common broom, Scot's broom, English broom

Botanical name & synonyms: Cytisus scoparius, Colutea scoparia, Corema scoparium, Cytisogenista scoparia var. leiostyla, Cytisogenista scoparia var. oxyphylla, Cytisogenista scoparia, Cytisus lusitanicus, Cytisus reverchonii, Genista andreana, Genista angulata, Genista glabra, Genista hirsuta, Genista scoparia, Sarothamnus andreanus, Sarothamnus bourgaei, Sarothamnus eliasii, Sarothamnus lusitanicus, Sarothamnus oxyphyllus, Sarothamnus scoparius, Spartium angulatum, Spartium glabrum, Spartium lusitanicus, Spartium scoparium, Sarothamnus vulgaris

Family: Legume, pea, bean (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

• native to western and central Europe
  

• perennial
  

• 50 to 200cm
  

• flower V to VII
  

• deciduous forest soil, forest edges
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 6,5 gram