Spanish broom
Spartium junceum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- 2.3 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Cytisus junceus, Genista acutifolia, Genista americana, Genista juncea, and 7 more
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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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
- Azores, S. Europe to E. Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Simplified Chinese
- 鹰爪, 鹰爪花, 无叶豆
- Czech
- vítečník sítinovitý
- Welsh
- banhadlen Sbaen
- Slovenian
- navadna žuka
- Chinese
- 鹰爪豆
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-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Spartium junceum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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