Broom
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.8 m
- wide
- 1.8 m
Fabaceae
Also called Common Broom
Formerly Corema scoparium, Cytisogenista scoparia, Genista scoparia, Sarothamnus scoparius, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- EuropeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Besenginster, Gewöhnlicher Besenginster
- Swedish
- Harris
- Galician
- Xesta
- Simplified Chinese
- 金雀花, 金雀儿
- Japanese
- エニシダ
- Arabic
- لزان مكنسي
- Asturian
- escoba
- Catalan
- Ginesta d'escombres
- Czech
- janovec metlatý
- Kashubian
- Diôbli ògón
- Danish
- Almindelig Gyvel
- Lower Sorbian
- Chóšć
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Cytisus scoparius (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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