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Portuguese Broom | Cytisus striatus

May contain: plant, vegetation, and bush
Photo Credit: Franz Xaver
May contain: plant, vegetation, tree, bud, flower, sprout, land, nature, outdoors, woodland, petal, conifer, animal, bird, and finch
Photo Credit: Franz Xaver
May contain: plant, grass, vegetation, nature, outdoors, and weather
Photo Credit: William M. Ciesla
May contain: plant, vegetation, and bush
May contain: plant, vegetation, tree, bud, flower, sprout, land, nature, outdoors, woodland, petal, conifer, animal, bird, and finch
May contain: plant, grass, vegetation, nature, outdoors, and weather

Evergreen; stems are rigid, branching, angled, and sparsely covered in 1-3 parted leaves. Single or paired flowers are pale yellow and not fragrant. Seed pods are covered in white hairs.

 

Plant Details

Habitat NotesDisturbed sites, roadsides, oak savannah and open-canopy woodlands.
Mature Height7-10’