Genista stenopetala

Genista Stenopetala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Genista
Species:	G. stenopetala
Binomial name
Genista stenopetala Webb & Berthel.

Genista stenopetala (Sweet Broom or Easter Broom; syn. Genista spachiana, Cytisus spachianus) is a broom native to the Canary Islands, on La Palma and Tenerife.

It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets 1-3 cm long, narrow elliptic, coated with fine silky, silvery hairs. The flowers are yellow, 1-2 cm long, produced in racemes 5-11 cm long. The fruit is a pod 2-3 cm long.

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Genista stenopetala
• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.